2B.1 - Interdependence Halfway Review

Candidate Name:

Can you define the following words?

  • Pollen
  • Stigma
  • Style
  • Seed
  • Ovary
  • Anther
  • Ovule
  • Genetic Material
  • Fruit
  • Adapted
  • Dispersal
  • Pollinate
  • Microscopic
  • Fertilisation
  • Petal
  • Cell
  • Filament
  • Stamen
  • Carpel
  • Gamete
  • Pollination
  • Sepal
  • Flower
  • Pollen tube
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) How do the Big Ideas link to this topic?

a) Forces:





b) Particles:





c) Energy:





d) Cells: