Explore sexual and asexual reproduction in plants, including pollination, fertilisation, and seed dispersal.
Sexual reproduction involves pollination (transfer of pollen) followed by fertilisation, forming seeds within fruits.
What must happen after pollination for a seed to form?
Fertilisation — the fusion of male and female gametes
What part of the flower develops into a seed after fertilisation?
The ovule
Some plants reproduce asexually through structures like runners, tubers, or bulbs. Seeds are dispersed by wind, water, animals, or explosive mechanisms.
How does a potato plant typically reproduce asexually?
Through tubers (the potato itself is a modified underground stem that can grow into a new plant)
Why do some seeds have wing-like structures?
To help them be carried further by the wind for dispersal, reducing competition with the parent plant
1. What is pollination?
2. What develops into a seed after fertilisation?
3. Name one method of asexual reproduction in plants.
4. Name one agent of seed dispersal.
5. Why is seed dispersal important for a plant species?