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Understand: plant reproductive success

Problem

The following image shows a hummingbird feeding from a cardinal flower.
A hummingbird feeding from a red flower.
Hummingbirds pollinate many types of plants, including the cardinal flower plant shown above.
Which sentence best describes how pollinators, such as hummingbirds, help increase a plant’s reproductive success?
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