Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from the stamen to the stigma of a flower. There are two main types of pollination: cross-pollination which is the transfer of pollen between two different plants, and self-pollination which is the transfer of pollen within the same flower or plant. Pollination can be carried out by insects, wind or water, with the main agents being insects like bees and butterflies, or the wind. Insect-pollinated flowers tend to be large, brightly colored with scents to attract insects, while wind-pollinated flowers are smaller and dull colored without scents.

1. Pollination

3. What is pollination?
This is the transfer of pollen from stamen to stigma.
Pollen grains are transferred or carried by insects, wind
or water to another flower.

4. Transfer of pollen grains

5. Types of Pollination
• Cross pollination- the transfer of pollen from the male
reproductive organ (anther) of one plant to the female
reproductive organ (stigma) of another plant.
• Self pollination- the transfer of pollen from the anther
to the stigma of the same flower or another flower on
the same plant.

6. Agents of pollination
Insect pollination –
when pollen grains are
transferred by insects
such as, bees,
butterflies, ants and
other insects from the
anther of a flower to
stigma of the same or
another flower.

7. Agents of pollination cont’d
Wind pollination-
when pollen grains are
blown by the wind from
one flower to another or
to the same flower.

8. Characteristics of insect and wind
pollinated flower
Insect pollinated Wind pollinated
Large brightly coloured petals Small dull coloured petals
Flowers have scent Flowers doesn’t have any scent
Filament is strong and is inside the
flower
Filament is thin and hang outside the
flower
Pollen grains are sticky or hairy and are
few in amount
Pollen grains are light and numerous
Stigma also hairy and sticky and is in
the flower.
Stigma feathery to catch pollen and
hang outside the flower.

9. Insect pollinated flower Wind pollinated flower

10. What is pollination?
A. The transfer of insect from plant to plant
B. When the insect and the wind feed on the
flower.
C. The transfer of pollen from the stamen to
stigma of a flower.
D. The transfer of pollen from the anther to the
filament

11. Which of the following is an agent of
pollination?
A. Insect B. Leaves
C. Sunlight D. Dispersal

12. Which of the following is NOT a
characteristic of insect pollinated flower?
A. Large brightly coloured petals.
B. Flowers have scents.
C. Stigma feathery to catch pollen and hang outside the
flower.
D. Filament is strong and inside the flower.

13. Which of the following is correct?
A. B.
C. D.
Insect pollinated
Wind pollinated
Leaf pollinated
Insect pollinated

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16. Reference
• Major differences. (2015). Difference between
insect pollinated and wind pollinated flower.
Retrieved from
http://www.majordifferences.com/2013/02/diffe
rence-between-insect-pollinated.html
• science learning hub. (2012, 6). Pollination and
fertilisation. Retrieved from
http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Pollination/S
cience-Ideas-and-Concepts/Pollination-and-
fertilisation