Pollen
Pollen carries male reproductive cells in seed plants. This topic is part of Botany within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 27 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Pollen trivia questions
Pollen is produced by what kind of plants?
Answer: Seed plants
Bonus fact: Pollen carries male reproductive cells in seed plants.
What process transfers pollen from a male structure to a female reproductive surface?
Answer: Pollination
Bonus fact: Pollination can be carried out by wind, water, or animals.
Household dust commonly contains tiny fibers, soil particles, pollen, and what shed by people?
Answer: Skin cells
Bonus fact: Household dust is a mixture of indoor and outdoor particles, including shed skin and textile fibers.
Pollination transfers pollen from one flower part to what?
Answer: Female reproductive part
Bonus fact: Pollination enables fertilization in flowering plants.
In flowering plants, pollen is typically transferred to what structure?
Answer: Stigma
Bonus fact: The stigma is the receptive surface of the pistil.
What structure on a worker honeybee's hind legs helps carry pollen?
Answer: Pollen basket
Bonus fact: The corbicula holds packed pollen loads.
Flower pollination transfers pollen to what part of a flower?
Answer: Stigma
Bonus fact: The stigma is the receptive surface.
What process transfers pollen so fertilization can lead to the production of seeds and fruit?
Answer: Pollination
Bonus fact: Wind and animals such as bees, butterflies, and bats can move pollen between flower parts.
In a typical flower, pollen is produced on structures called what?
Answer: Stamens
Bonus fact: Stamens are the male reproductive structures of a flower.
In flowering plants, pollen grains contain which reproductive cells?
Answer: Male sex cells
Bonus fact: Pollination succeeds when pollen ultimately reaches an ovule of the same species.
During pollination, pollen is moved from the stamen to which flower part?
Answer: Stigma
Bonus fact: The stigma is the pollen-receiving part of the flower’s female reproductive structure.
Which flower structure produces pollen?
Answer: Anther
Bonus fact: The anther is part of the stamen, the male reproductive structure of a flower.