Student Exploration: Pollination: Flower to Fruit \BESBUIBEY: anther, cross polination, flament, fruit, nectar, ovary, ove, pedicel, petal, pst, pollen, pollen tube, polination, receptacte self polination, sepal, stamen, stigma, style Prior Knowledge Question (Do this BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Pants use sunight to produce sugar. Flowering plants make some of this sugar avaiable to animals inthe form of naa (a sweet liquid found in lowers) and ful. 1. Why do plants provide bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other animals with nactar? 2. Why do plants provide animals with fits such as strawberries, apples, and mangoes? Gizmo Warm-up Plants don! produce nectar and dalicious fui just tobe nice. ‘As you willleam, bees and other polinators play acftcal role in helping plants to reproduce. Fruits play a role in allowing plants to spread to new locations. ‘The Polination: Fiower to Frat Gizmo wil take you through the reproductive eyce of flowering plants. To familiarize Yourself with some of the parts of flower. begin on the IDENTIFICATION tab. 4. Look atthe lit of Flower Parts on the let. Which of these parts have you heard of before? 2. On the Closed view, drag the Pall, PERCE, an S@Bil rms into the correct spaces. (Use tial and error.) Tum on Show information about selected parts of the flower. ‘A. Which structure protects a maturing bud? 1B. Which structure is a tak that supports a single flower?Activity A: Get the Gamo ready: Flower anatomy | + On the IDENTIFICATION tab, select Opened view. ‘Goat: Identify the parts of the flower. 4. Label: Drag the terms you have leamed so far (Petal, Pedicel, and Sepal) into the diagram Of the opened flower. The text atthe top should say “Current status: 3 correct out of 14 ‘Add these terms to the diagram below. Opened view A. The RSESBIBEIG is 2 cup-tke stricture that holds the flower: Label the receptacle on: the Gimo and then add ths term to the diagram above. B. The male partof the flower is called the BEARH. It consists of two structures, along, thin filament topped by an ther. Label these three siructures in the Gamo. and then aud these terms tothe diagram above. ‘aed the stigma, a shaft aed he fl, ard an BVaRY Pat encoses smal siucres ea Label ll ve parts the Gio ad the dlogiam above, (C. The female part of the flower is called the [BiGfil. It consists of a sticky top surface: i 1D. Male sperm cells are contained within fll grains. After a pollen grain moves from the anther to the stigma, 2 Palle WUBS grows Praugh the style to an ovules. Labs the last two structures in the Gizmo and nthe diagram above. I the current status naw reads “14 comeet out of 14," then congratulations! You have ‘dentiied all of the flower parts correct. If not, revise your labets until they are corract. ‘(Activity A continued on next page)Activity A (continued from previous page) 2. enti f necessary, tum on Show information about selected parts of the flower, and ‘ead the information for each part. kdentify the folowing parts from their descriptions. ro™ mp ow > © ‘These grains contain mala gametes (sperm cells): ‘This structure contains female gametes (egg calls} This colorful structure attracts pollinators to the lower: This structure has a sticky surface to trap pallen grains: This structure produces and stores pollen: ‘These structures alow sperm coll to mave through the style: This cup-ike structure holds the flower: These structures protect the maturing flower bud: ‘This structure contains the female organs of a flower: “This structure contains the male organs ofa flower:(Getihe Gizmo ready: “+ Select the POLLINATIONIFERTILIZATION tab ‘+ Check that Self pollination is selected. Activity B: Pollination ‘Question: How do flowering plants reproduce? 1. Desctbe: Flowering piants reproduce by a process called pollination. Polinatin is the \ransfer of polen from the male to the female pats of the Newer. How do you think polination takes place in flowering plants? 2. Summarize: Follow the directions in the Gizmo to observe the steps of SIF BOINNAKIOR. In Your own words, descnbe what happens in each step {Activity 8 continued on next page)Activity & (continued from previous page) Exzlan: Whatis the pupose of a rut? ‘Tipkand discuss: Thnk about what might happen to an apple when a deer finds i How do You think this wil help to spread the seeds in the apple? If possible, discuss your answer wih your classmates and teacher. ‘Compare: Cick Reset, and select Cross pollination. Go through the steps of BOS Pollination. How does cross polination difer rom sel polinaton? ‘Think and discuss: Tink about how pollen might travel rom one flower to another. |A. What are some ofthe ways that pollen can travel rom one flower to another? 1B. Based on your answer to pat A, why do you think many plants produce sweet