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Flowers to seeds

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A bee visits a flower, and later that flower turns into a fruit with seeds inside. Wind and animals carry the seeds away to new places.

In the picture

  1. A bee on an open flower, its back dusted with yellow pollen
  2. The base of a faded flower swelling into a small green fruit
  3. A dandelion seed head letting feathery seeds go into the breeze
  4. Round burrs caught in a dog’s fur

Examples

  • A bee visiting the flowers in a garden
  • Blowing the seeds off a dandelion clock

Quiz: Flowers to seeds (Age 8)

  1. What must happen before a flower can make seeds?

    • Pollen must travel from one flower to another.
    • A flower must be moved to a new place.
    • A flower must make extra petals.
  2. Where are the seeds after a flower turns into a fruit?

    • In the soil.
    • Inside the fruit.
    • On the bee’s back.
  3. How can seeds get to new places?

    • They can be carried by the wind or catch a ride on animal fur and feathers.
    • They can be carried by bees to new flowers.
    • They can be carried by rain to new places.

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Science, Age 8