Cross-Pollination | Science for Kids

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The corn you eat today started as a grass with seeds smaller than a grain of rice.

Thousands of years of mixing pollen between plants changed it into what's on your plate now.

That's cross-pollination.

In this video, we explain what cross-pollination is, why mixing pollen between different plants produces stronger offspring, how some plants actually prevent themselves from self-pollinating, and how humans have used cross-pollination to create almost every crop we grow today.

What you'll learn:

- The difference between self-pollination and cross-pollination

- Why variety in offspring is better for a plant species' survival

- How some plants physically prevent themselves from self-pollinating

- How farmers use cross-pollination to create stronger, tastier crops

- The corn-teosinte story, how corn pollinates itself, and what Gregor Mendel discovered

0:21 – Corn used to look completely different.

0:59 – What cross-pollination is.

1:51 – Why mixing with another plant is better

2:42 – How plants avoid pollinating themselves

3:25 – How humans use cross-pollination on purpose

4:04 – Fun Facts about Cross-Pollination