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Flowers
on the Move
How
Does it Help Them Survive?
This is a grain of pollen enlarged thousands of times!
- Describe what you see. What does it remind you of?
- How do you think it would feel?
- Why do
you think it has that texture?
Hint: Think about how pollen is moved from flower to flower (so the plant can make seeds).
Photo:
Rob Kesseler
What
Scientists Think
The rough, sticky surface of the pollen grain easily attaches to the bristly
hairs on the body of a bee or other insect. When the bee moves onto another
flower, it carries the pollen with it — without even knowing it!
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