Flowers

Science: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 1.2.6

Flowers

Flowers are the reproductive parts of the plant.

Meaning of reproductive

Meaning of reproductive

  • Reproductive comes from the word reproduce.
  • To reproduce means to make more of something.
Making more plants

Making more plants

  • Flowers help the plant to reproduce and make new plants.
Pollination

Pollination

  • Plants reproduce by making seeds.
  • Plants make seeds when pollen goes from one flower to another.
  • Pollen going from one flower to another is called 'pollination'.

Test yourself on Flowers

  • What is the role of flowers?

  • What is the word used when pollen goes from one plant to another?

  • What does the word 'reproduce' mean?

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