Pollinators and Agriculture

What is a pollinator?

• A type of plant that grows fruit

• Anything that moves pollen from the male to the female part of the plant

• A tool that farmers use to grow crops

• The hair on bees' knees

Which is an example of animal pollinator?

• cats

• fish

• bugs

• wind

True or False

Without pollination, plants would be in big trouble!

• True

• False

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Birds are attracted to what types of flower?

• colour - dull white, green, or purple, odour - strong musty; emitted at night

• colour - bright, including red and purple, odour - faint but fresh

• colour - orange, red, or white, odour - none

• colour - pale and dull red, odour - strong sweet; emitted at night

Bees are attracted to what types of flower?

• colour - dull white or green, odour - none to strongly fruity

• colour - bright white, yellow, blue, or UV, odour - fresh, mild, pleasant

• colour - scarlet, orange, red, or white, odour - none

• colour - pale and dull to dark brown, odour - smelly

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Which of the following are nocturnal pollinators?

• bats, moths

• bees, birds

• butterflies, flies

• wind, water

Why are flowers very colorful (and why do they produce odour?)

• So people buy them
• To make gardens look good
• To attract pollinators
• To attract sunlight

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True or False?

Plants can be pollinated by wind and water.

• True

• False

Bees pollinate which crops? Check all that all apply.

• blueberry

• sunflower

• kiwifruit

• almond

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Which of the following creatures are pollinators? Check all that apply.

• birds

• butterflies

• bats

• moths

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