How flowers make seeds
Flowers are the seed-making parts of many plants.

Picture in words: 1. Pollen begins: The anthers make pollen. Different flowers have different shapes.
2. Pollen travels: Animals or wind can carry pollen to a flower’s stigma. This journey is pollination.
3. Fertilization follows: For a seed to form, a male cell from pollen must join an egg cell inside an ovule.
4. Seeds develop: Fertilized ovules can become seeds; the ovary often develops into a fruit.

One more wonder: Pollination and fertilization are different steps.


Question: What can a fertilized ovule become?
Answer: A seed

Sources:
USDA: pollinator trees — https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/plantmaterials/etpmctn12680.pdf

Reviewed 28 September 2026. Simplified educational illustration, not to scale.
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