Pollination

Question 1

What characteristics do wind-pollinated plants have (5)?

Answer 1

1. Small. 2. dull colors. 3. Odorless. 4. No nectar. 5. Abundant pollen.

Question 2

What are the populations of wind-pollinated plants like?

Answer 2

Dense. (Meadows, temperate forests.)

Question 3

What two mechanisms prevent self-fertilization?

Answer 3

1. Inhibited pollen grain. 2. Inhibited pollen tube.

Question 4

What is deception pollination?

Answer 4

Only seen in orchids. Scent and visual of flower mimic that of female insect.

Question 5

What light wavelengths do bees prefer? Which do they not?

Answer 5

White, blue, yellow, and ultraviolent, but not red.

Question 6

What do bees get from pollinating plants?

Answer 6

Pollen and/or nectar.

Question 7

What characteristics of butterflies determines what type of plants they help pollinate? (4)

Answer 7

1. Can see UV-red. 2. Good sense of smell. 3. Long, tubular proboscis. 4. They help pollinate during the day.

Question 8

What are the characteristics of a plant that gets pollinated by butterflies? (4)

Answer 8

1. They have landing platforms. 2. long, narrow corolla tube. 3. Varied colors. 4. Scented by day.

Question 9

What characteristics of moths determines what type of plants they help pollinate? (3)

Answer 9

1. They pollinate nocturnally. 2. Long proboscis. 3. excellent sense of smell.

Question 10

What are the characteristics of a plant that gets pollinated by moths? (3)

Answer 10

1. Pale colors and night-flowering. 2. Long tubular flowers (too long for bees). 3. Sweet-scented at night.

Question 11

What characteristics of beetles determines what type of plants they help pollinate? (3)

Answer 11

1. They have chewing mouthparts. 2. Large and clumsy. 3. good sense of smell.

Question 12

What are the characteristics of a plant that gets pollinated by beetles? (3)

Answer 12

1. Strong odors (fruity, spice, fowl). 2. Often wide-open flowers, carpals, protected ovules. 3. Many stamens and lots of pollen.

Question 13

What characteristics of carrion flies determines what type of plants they help pollinate? (2)

Answer 13

1. Sucking mouthparts. 2. eats and lays eggs on rotting flesh.

Question 14

What are the characteristics of a plant that gets pollinated by carrion flies? (4)

Answer 14

1. Nectar. 2. dark colors. 3. Smells bad. 4. Near ground.

Question 15

What characteristics of nectar-feeding flies determines what type of plants they help pollinate? (2)

Answer 15

1. Elongated mouthparts, but not as much as others. 2. require only nectar.

Question 16

What are the characteristics of a plant that gets pollinated by nectar-feeding flies? (5)

Answer 16

1. Red or light colors. 2. Little odor. 3. easy access. 4. nectar in short tubes. 5. Landing platform.

Question 17

What characteristics of birds determines what type of plants they help pollinate? (5)

Answer 17

1. Feed in daytime. 2. good color vision (especially red). 3. can not smell. 4. high energetic needs. 5. need perch (except hummingbirds).

Question 18

What are the characteristics of a plant that gets pollinated by birds? (5)

Answer 18

1. Usually red, orange, yellow, pink. 2. flowers display during daytime. 3. hanging downwards for hummingbirds or perches for other birds. 4. lots of dilute nectar. 5. No scent.

Question 19

What characteristics of bats determines what type of plants they help pollinate? (5)

Answer 19

1. Nocturnal. 2. high food requirements. 3. color-blind. 4. good sense of smell. 5. need strong perch.

Question 20

What are the characteristics of a plant that gets pollinated by bats? (4)

Answer 20

1. Flowers open at night. 2. pale colors. 3. lots of nectar. 4. heavy musky or fruity scent.