alleryPollination carried out with the help of wind is known as:
AAnemophily
BHydrophily
CEntomophily
DZoophily
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Anemophily
1. Pollination by wind is called anemophily.
2. Anemophilous flowers make abundant small, smooth, dry, light pollen.
3. Entomophily is by insects, hydrophily by water, and zoophily by animals, so they are ruled out.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 17 Reproduction in Plants and Animals "Pollination by wind", p.254_
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