Assignment XVI.2 Pollination Flower to Fruit GIZMO.

Assignment XVI.2 Pollination Flower to Fruit GIZMO.

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1. Why do plants provide bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other animals with nectar? So that they can take their pollen as well and spread it around to pollinate. 2. Why do plants provide animal... s with fruits such as strawberries, apples, and mangoes? . Because they eat everything but the seeds and so the seeds are left behind and grow new fruits. Gizmo Warm-up Plants don’t produce nectar and delicious fruit just to be nice. As you will learn, bees and other pollinators play a critical role in helping plants to reproduce. Fruits play a role in allowing plants to spread to new locations. The Pollination: Flower to Fruit Gizmo™ will take you through the reproductive cycle of flowering plants. To familiarize yourself with some of the parts of a flower, begin on the IDENTIFICATION tab. 1. Look at the list of Flower Parts on the left. Which of these parts have you heard of before? Anther, Pistil, Petal, Ovary, Pollen, and Stamen 2. On the Closed view, drag the Petal, Pedicel, and Sepal terms into the correct spaces. (Use trial and error.) Turn on Show information about selected parts of the flower. A. Which structure protects a maturing bud? Sepal B. Which structure is a stalk that supports a single flower? Pedicel [Show More]