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Introduction to Pollination

 

Goal:

Goal:

What is pollination?

Pollen is the yellow powder that may make you sneeze, but it allows plants to reproduce. That means it makes more plants. Without pollen, we would not have food. Pollination is when pollen moves from one plant to another.

shows the 4 steps of how a bee takes pollen from one flower to another.

Once the pollen moves to the new flower, the plant can now grow fruit. The flower drops, and the fruit, like this orange, begins to grow.

Orange tree with blossoms and fruit.

Question

How does fruit grow?

Once the pollen moves to a new flower, the flower can drop, and fruit can grow.