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What happens to pollen?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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11y ago

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Think of pollen as a flower's sperm. It's carried, be it by water, air, or animal, to a different flower, where it is recieved. That other flower makes seeds which are then carried to a different location, planted, and grows into a new flower. So, pollen helps make baby flowers.

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my bio teacher said that pollen in basically flower sperm. therefore, it "fertilizes" the "eggs" in the other flower's ovaries. so yeah. it fertilizes flowers. :)

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The pollen falls on a stigma and helps reproduce.

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