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The only example I can think of would be camouflage.

  • attracting insects
  • collecting different light wave lengths
  • attracting herbivores to help spread seeds
  • many different pigments serve purpuses unrelated to the actual colour like antioxidizing agents
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Accessory pigments absorb additional portions of the light spectrum which increases the light energy available for photosynthesis.

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Colorful flowers attract more bees to pollinate, so the plant can create seeds and reproduce.

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Are plants that are pollinated by moths and bats more likely to have colorful flowers or fragrant flowers?

Plants that are pollinated by moths and bats are not likely to have colorful flowers, but will indeed pollinate fragrant ones. This is because night pollinators, such as the moths and bats have critical ability to find a flower by its fragrance.


Why is cross pollination considered to be an adaptive advantage over self pollination?

Because it pollinates more plants and makes more plants


Pollination is a reproductive advance found in angiosperm plants and is aided by large colorful flowers?

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Why do plants produce bright colorful flowers and structures designed to disperse their seeds?

because it is what breed they are.


What is the attractive part of the plant?

Plants become so attractive due to their green leaves, colorful flowers, etc.


How you define flowers?

Flowers are reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. It is also a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms.


How can you tell if your flower has been pollinated by the wind or by insect?

Generally plants which present small, non-colorful flowers are wind pollinated. If you plant has flowers which give off an aroma, are colorful and or are large in size, they are more likely to rely on pollinators.


What does the savanna not have?

A savanna does not have much insect pollinated plants e.g. colorful and scented flowers. Most of the time there are no flowers at all so don't be looking in the savanna for a bouquet.


Name plants that are insect-pollinted?

Better way for you to learn it: look out your window and see what plants have bees and other bugs hovering around them! HINT: they will be plants with colorful flowers to attract the bugs!


What does the pedals do for the flowers?

the flower pedals are colorful to attract bees. the bees lands on it, takes it's honey and pollen, and passes the pollon on to other plants. this lets the plants reproduce.


What is the name the colorful leaf surrounding certain flowers?

It is called a Bract, and is a modified leaf. Commonly found on plants such as Bougainvillea and Euphorbia/ Poinsettia


What adaptive advantage might nastic movements provide a plant?

The nastic movements of plants keep the shoot in contact with light and roots in the dark to adapt the plants from adverse conditions of root and shoot growth.