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Pollination is one step in reproduction
1 · Learn
Pollination moves pollen to a stigma. In sexual reproduction of flowering plants, fertilisation involves male and female sex cells joining; seeds can then develop.
Pollination and fertilisation are different events. A seed contains an embryo that can grow into a new plant under suitable conditions. Seed dispersal moves seeds away from the parent; it is not pollen transfer.
2 · Worked example
A bee can help transfer pollen. That transfer is not the same as the later seed being carried by wind or animals.
3 · Your turn
Which process moves pollen to a stigma? Is that the same as seed dispersal?
Check your answer
Pollination. No: seed dispersal moves seeds after they have formed.
4 · Apply your learning
Order accurate diagrams of the stages and explain the difference between two easily confused terms.
Adult guidance and safety
Use diagrams or safe adult-selected plants. Do not taste plant material or handle pollinating insects.
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