What does pollination mean?
Word: Pollination
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Pollination means the moving of pollen from one flower to another so that the plant can make seeds.
How do you spell pollination?
Syllables: pol - li - na - tion
Tricky part: It comes from pollen, but the e changes to i: polli-, not polle-.
Watch out for: pollenation, pollanation
Memory tip: When pollen becomes pollination, its e changes to an i, the way a caterpillar changes when it becomes a butterfly.
Pollination in a sentence
Example 1: Butterflies help with the pollination of many garden flowers.
Example 2: Our class planted marigolds to study pollination in the school garden.
Example 3: Our science chapter this week is about pollination and seeds.
Fun Fact
Maize is pollinated by the wind. The tassels at the top of the plant shed pollen that drifts down onto the silky threads of the cobs.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
Our teacher drew a diagram on the board to explain polination to the class.
a) diagram and class
b) only polination
c) only diagram
d) polination and board
Show answer
b) only polination. Pollen gives the word its two l's, and they stay.
Word Champ
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
pollina_ _ _ _
a) shun
b) tion
c) cion
d) sion
Show answer
b) tion. The shun sound at the end is written t-i-o-n, the same as in nation.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
naloitpilno
a) the supply of water to crops through canals
b) the time when a seed starts to grow
c) the moving of pollen from flower to flower
d) the act of making air, water or land dirty
Show answer
c) the moving of pollen from flower to flower. Unscramble the jumble and pollination appears.
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) plantation
b) vegetation
c) population
d) pollinnation
Show answer
d) pollinnation. Pollination has a single n before the a.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these animals helps with pollination?
a) a honeybee
b) an earthworm
c) a goldfish
d) a tortoise
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a) a honeybee
2. Pollination must happen before a flower can turn into...
a) a leaf
b) a root
c) a fruit
d) a thorn
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c) a fruit
