Gamete - Sex cell (sperm in males and ova/eggs in females) Pollen grain- The structure produced in the anthers of a flower that contains the male gamete (sex cell) Stamen - The male parts of the flower (each consists of an anther held up on a filament)Īnthers - produce male cells (pollen grains) Petals - surround the reproductive part of a flower and are brightly coloured to attract pollinators Sepals - when a flower is still a bud its petals are protected by sepals Pollination helps the fertilisation of flowers by passing on their pollen.įirst, let's look at the structure of a flowering plant so that we can understand how this process can happen.įlowering plants comprise of the following structures which complete the following functions:
There are 3 key processes that we are going to look at in this activity:įlowering plants reproduce by the process of pollination. Do you understand how flowering plants reproduce? It's a little different to how humans do! Did you know that most plants have two distinct sexes? These two sexes can even appear on the same flower!