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Prep 1 H & L Fertilisation
The pictures and sentences below describe what happens when fertilisation happens in plants and
animals.
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Cut out the pictures and sentences.
Match each sentence with the correct picture. Put the pairs into the correct order and stick
them into your book.
Design a table to show the similarities and differences between fertilisation in plants and in
animals.
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An egg cell is contained in an
ovule found in the ovary.
The fertilised egg cell grows
into a seed.
The sperm cell joins with the
egg cell and fertilises it.
Pollen grains are produced by
the male part of the plant.
The nucleus from the pollen
grain enters the egg cell and
fertilises it.
A pollen tube grows from a
pollen grain.
An egg cell is made in an
ovary.
Pollen grains are carried by
insects or the wind.
Sperm cells are made in the
The egg cell is released from
testes and contain half the
the ovary and travels down the
genetic information of a
oviduct.
normal body cell.
During sex, sperm cells are
released and travel through the
female’s uterus.
Adapted from Exploring Science QCA Copymaster File 9
A fertilised egg cell is
produced, with genetic
information from the mother
and father.
Pollen grains land on the
stigma of another flower.
DO NOT MAKE A DOUBLE SIDED
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Adapted from Exploring Science QCA Copymaster File 9
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