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IB Biology HL 3.1.10 Promoting cross-pollination Question Bank

Practise IB Biology HL 3.1.10 by analysing floral mechanisms that promote cross-pollination over self-pollination.

Syllabus
First assessment 2025
Course
Biology HL
Level
HL

Exam points

  • Analyse how flower structure and timing make cross-pollination more likely.
  • Evaluate reproductive adaptations that reduce selfing and increase genetic mixing.

D3.1.10—Promoting cross-pollination question 1

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Flowering plants can use either self-pollination or cross-pollination when they carry out sexual reproduction. Which plants are most likely to cross-pollinate?

A

Plants that are hermaphrodites

B

Plants whose anthers and stigmas mature at the same time

C

Plants with flowers that have much longer stamens than stigmas

D

Plants that are either male or female

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