2B - Plant Reproduction & Ecology Knowledge Test

Candidate Name:
1) What part of the plant is involved in sexual reproduction?
2) What is the male part of the flower called?
3) How can an insect pollinator transfer pollen from one flower to another?
4) What happens to cause fertilisation in a flower?
5) What is the role of a pollen cell?
6) How are pollen cells adapted - Give at least 2 ways.
7) Why does pollen have a tough outer coating? Why do some pollens have spikes or hooks on them?
8) What different methods can be used to transfer pollen?
9) Why is it important for plants to spread seeds far?
10) What are the different ways seeds can be dispersed?
11) What does a food chain show?
12) What do food chains start with?
13) How do plants get energy?
14) What is a consumer?
15) What is the second level in a food chain called?
16) What is an animal that hunts another animal called?
17) How is a food web difference to a food chain?
18) What is it called when changes in a population of one species affect the population of other species?
19) How is a pyramid or number arranged?
20) What is bioaccumulation and what levels of the food chain will it affect the most?
21) Why are insect pollinators important to humans?
22) If a field only grows the crop and no other plants, why might this be bad for insects?
23) Why should we look after insect pollinators?
24) How do the Big Ideas link to this topic?

a) Forces:

b) Particles:

c) Energy:

d) Cells: