Modes of Reproduction
Biology ⇒ Reproduction and Development
Modes of Reproduction starts at 7 and continues till grade 12.
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Context: A gardener cuts a stem from a rose plant and plants it in soil. After some time, a new rose plant grows from the stem cutting.
What type of reproduction is this?
Describe one disadvantage of asexual reproduction.
Describe the main difference between sexual and asexual reproduction.
Describe the process of budding in yeast.
Describe the process of fragmentation in simple organisms.
Explain the role of gametes in sexual reproduction.
Explain why asexual reproduction is common in unicellular organisms.
Context: A gardener cuts a stem from a rose plant and plants it in soil. After some time, a new rose plant grows from the stem cutting.
What type of reproduction is this?
Which of the following is a benefit of vegetative propagation in agriculture?
(1) Slower growth
(2) Uniform crop quality
(3) Increased genetic variation
(4) Need for pollinators
Which of the following is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction?
(1) Slow population growth
(2) Lack of genetic variation
(3) Requires two parents
(4) Complex process
Which of the following is a type of asexual reproduction in fungi?
(1) Budding
(2) Spore formation
(3) Binary fission
(4) Fertilization
Which of the following is an advantage of asexual reproduction?
(1) Genetic variation
(2) Rapid population increase
(3) Adaptation to changing environments
(4) Slower reproduction rate
Fill in the blank: In sexual reproduction, the male gamete is called __________ and the female gamete is called __________.
Fill in the blank: The fusion of male and female gametes is called __________.
Fill in the blank: The offspring produced by sexual reproduction are __________ to their parents.
Fill in the blank: The process by which a new organism develops from an outgrowth of the parent is called __________.
True or False: All animals reproduce sexually.
True or False: All offspring produced by sexual reproduction are clones of their parents.
True or False: All plants reproduce only by sexual reproduction.
True or False: Fragmentation can occur in both plants and animals.
