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- 1. Nectar and .......... are the usual floral rewards.
- 6. For harvesting the reward(s) from the flower the ........... comes in contact with the anthers and the stigma.
- 8. Among the animals, ......, particularly ...... are the dominant biotic pollinating agents.
- 9. To sustain animal visits, the flowers have to provide ...... to the animals.
- 10. Many insects may consume pollen or the nectar without bringing about pollination. Such floral visitors are referred to as ..............
- 11. The body of the animal gets a coating of pollen grains, which are generally ........... in animal pollinated flowers.
- 12. In some species floral rewards are in providing safe places to lay eggs; an example is that of the tallest flower of ...............(the flower itself is about 6 feet in height).
- 16. Even larger animals such as some primates (lemurs), arboreal (tree-dwelling) rodents, or even ........ (gecko lizard and garden lizard) have also been reported as pollinators in some species.
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- 2. Majority of insect-pollinated flowers are large, colourful, fragrant and rich in .........
- 3. When the flowers are small, a number of flowers are clustered into an .......... to make them conspicuous.
- 4. Animals are attracted to flowers by colour and/or fragrance. The flowers pollinated by ............ and ........... secrete foul odours to attract these animals.
- 5. A similar relationship exists between a species of moth and the plant ........... where both species – moth and the plant – cannot complete their life cycles without each other.
- 7. Often flowers of animal-pollinated plants are specifically adapted for a particular ...........
- 13. The moth deposits its eggs in the locule of the .........and the flower, in turn, gets pollinated by the moth.
- 14. Bees, butterflies, flies, beetles, wasps, ants, moths, birds (sunbirds and humming birds) and bats are the common .......agents.
- 15. Majority of .......... plants use a range of animals as pollinating agents.