Pollination is defined as the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma, usually by wind or pollinators.

Pollination is defined as the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma, usually by wind or pollinators.

• A. Germination of pollen on stigma
• B. Opening of a flower
• C. Transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma, most often by wind or pollinators
• D. Fertilization of ovule

Answer: (C)

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma, usually by wind or pollinators. This step is the moment that sets up fertilization to occur later. After pollen lands on a compatible stigma, it can germinate and grow a pollen tube toward the ovule, but pollination itself is simply the transfer. The other described processes happen at later stages: germination of pollen occurs after transfer, opening of the flower is blooming, and fertilization is the fusion of sperm with the ovule, not the pollen’s movement to the stigma.

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma, usually by wind or pollinators. This step is the moment that sets up fertilization to occur later. After pollen lands on a compatible stigma, it can germinate and grow a pollen tube toward the ovule, but pollination itself is simply the transfer. The other described processes happen at later stages: germination of pollen occurs after transfer, opening of the flower is blooming, and fertilization is the fusion of sperm with the ovule, not the pollen’s movement to the stigma.