Question

Differences between the following:

Wind pollinated and water pollinated flowers.

Answer 1

The transfer of pollen grains from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of a flower is called pollination.

Wind pollinated flowers	Water pollinated flowers
Wind pollinated plants receive pollen directly from the wind without any external agents.	Water pollinated plants receive pollen grains with the help of external agents like insects.
They have dry and light pollen grains	They have light and smooth pollen grains.
They have a feathery and sticky stigma to catch pollen grains from the wind.	They get pollinated by the pollen grains shed by the male flowers, floating on the surface of the water.
It occurs in maize, rice, and grasses.	It occurs in flowers of aquatic plants like Hydrilla and Vallisneria