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CAIE IGCSE Biology 16.3.5 Defining Pollination

Practise defining pollination as transfer of pollen grains from an anther to a stigma and showing the route on diagrams.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Biology 0610

Exam points

  • define pollination as transfer of pollen grains from an anther to a stigma
  • draw and label an arrow from the pollen-producing anther to the receiving stigma
  • distinguish pollination from later pollen-tube growth and fertilisation

16.3.5—Pollination as the transfer of pollen question 1

[Maximum number: 3]

Fig. 3.2 shows the life cycle of a fern. The life cycle of a fern has some similarities and some differences compared with the life cycles of other plants.

The letters represent processes that occur during the life cycle.
The haploid stages of the life cycle are represented by (n).
The diploid stages of the life cycle are represented by (2 n).

Fig. 3.2

Fig. 3.2

Identify and describe process A in Fig. 3.2.

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