Question
(i) Name the part marked 'A' in the diagram.
(ii) How does 'A' reaches part 'B'?
(iii) State the importance of the part 'C'.
(iv) What happens to the part marked 'D' after fertilisation is over?
Solution
i) A - pollen/pollen grain
ii) The pollen (A) reaches the Stigma (B) by the process of pollination. The agents of pollination such as wind, water, insects carry the pollen grains from the anther to the stigma.
iii) Pollen tube (C) helps male gamete to reach egg (ovule).
iv) D - Egg forms the zygote on combining with the sperm by the process of fertilisation.