Question

How do hummingbirds help flowers?

a. They drink nectar.
b. They eat pollen.

c. They bring pollen from one flower to the next.
d. They plant seeds.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Flowers and hummingbirds have a mutualistic relationship where both benefit. Flowers produce food in the form of nectar (sugar and water) to attract hummingbirds that, in turn, move pollen for the plant (pollination).♥️

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

Option c. They bring pollen from one flower to the next.

That is how hummingbirds help flowers.

Explanation:

• Pollination plays an important role in flowering plants for their survival. Since most flowering plants cannot pollinate on their own, they have to rely on other pollinators/vectors such as birds & animals.

• Pollination by birds is called ornithology. Many small birds, such as sunbirds and hummingbirds are the key pollinators.

• The plants that are pollinated by birds are formed in such a way to accommodate birds. They possess a sturdy build to support perching and forming flowers with a re-curved, tube-like shape that does not tangle the birds.

• In return, the flowers are also formed in such a way to allow access to a bird’s beak. Such plants also have brightly coloured flowers with nectars inside them.

• The hummingbirds can fly backwards. Hummingbirds need loads of energy to move as quickly as they do.

• This implies that they need to eat a great deal of food.

• Their favourite food is nectar, a sweet fluid tracked down inside certain flowers.

• They drink nectar in huge amounts every day. They need to visit many flowers to get enough nectar to live.

• Hummingbirds utilize their tongues for eating, not their long mouths.

• Hummingbirds help flowers as well. They get pollen on their heads and bills when they feed.

• Flowers use pollen to make seeds.

• Hummingbirds spread pollen from one flower to another. This assist flowers with making more seeds.

• More seeds mean more flowers. More flowers mean more nourishment for hummingbirds.

• This relationship between flowers and hummingbirds is called- "mutualism/ symbiosis" where they equally benefit each other.

Hence the correct answer is option c.

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