SSA #3—Reproduction
Name____________________________
LT #1
What is reproduction?
LT #2
Asexual Reproduction
What is asexual reproduction?
How many parents are required?
What are the characteristics of the
offspring?
LT #3
Asexual Reproduction in Animals
Binary Fission
Budding
Regeneration
LT #3 (Continued)
Asexual Reproduction in Plants
Vegetative Reproduction
Bulb
Leaf Cutting
Rhizomes
Runners
Tubers
LT #4
Asexual Reproduction
Advantages
Disadvantages
LT #5
Sexual Reproduction
What is sexual reproduction?
How many parents are required?
What are the characteristics of the
offspring?
LT #6
Sexual Reproduction
Advantages
Disadvantages
LT #7
Mitosis
What is it?
What is the purpose of it?
What is the product?
Meiosis
Practice Your Knowledge
_____1. Which does NOT result from the process of mitosis in an organism?
A) allows the organism to grow larger
C) all cells created have the same number of chromosomes
B) helps repair damaged tissue in the organism
D) forms the sex cells
_____2. Which of the following is a form of asexual reproduction?
A) fertilization
B) twinning
C) Meiosis
_____3. What cells unite in sexual reproduction?
A) sperm and fluid
B) embryo cells
C) sperm and egg
D) budding
D) budding cells
_____4. After a sperm cell and an egg cell join, the process that forms all the additional cells
and all its chromosomes to produce a multi-cellular organism is:
A) Mitosis
B) mutation
C) Meiosis
D) budding
____ 5. Each body cell of a chimpanzee has 48 chromosomes. How many chromosomes would
normally be present in the sex cell produced by this chimpanzee?
A) 48
B) 36
C) 96
D) 24
____6. The cellular process that produces sperm or egg cells with half the number of
chromosomes as regular body cells is called:
A) Meiosis
B) Mutation
C) Mitosis
D) Binary fission
_____7. Which of the following occurs during sexual reproduction?
A) a bacteria cell splits in half through binary fission
B) A starfish loses an arm and regenerates it
C) cells from two parents combine
D) A strawberry plant makes an identical strawberry plant by producing runners
_____8. In asexual reproduction, the offspring receives genes from:
A) One parent
B) two parents
C) three parents
D) Many organisms
_____9. What do yeast produced through budding, plants produced from cuttings, and starfish
produced through regeneration have in common?
A)
B)
C)
D)
The offspring of each are produced from one parent
The offspring have a combination of the genes from multiple parents
The offspring are more likely to survive & reproduce if the environment suddenly changed
The offspring are produced from sperm and egg
_____10.Genetically, how do the offspring of asexual reproduction compare to their parents?
A) identical
B) a combination
C) no similarities D) identical to the father
_____11. Which of the following is a type of sexual reproduction in plants?
A) growing a new plant from a cutting
C) Growing a new plant from runners
B) Growing a new plant from a bulb
D) Growing a new plant from a seed
_____12. Meiosis in a male results in the formation of:
A) egg cells
B) sperm cells
C) liver cells
D) brain cells
_____13. Unicellular organisms such as amoeba, bacteria and paramecium often reproduce
quickly, splitting into equal halves, through the type of asexual reproduction called:
A) binary fission
B) meiosis
C) vegetative propagation
D) regeneration
_____14. A fruit fly has 8 chromosomes in each body cell and only 4 chromosomes in its sex
cells. How many chromosomes will a fruit fly have in one of its wing cells?
A) 8
B) 16
C) 4
D) 32
_____15. A type of asexual reproduction where the offspring grows out of the body of the
parent and the offspring is smaller than the parent organism is called:
A) Binary fission
B) rhizomes
C) runner
D) budding
_____16. A type of asexual reproduction where the offspring is able to replace missing body
parts is called:
A) Binary fission
B) regeneration
C) rhizomes
D) budding
_____17. In plants, stems that grow horizontally above the ground from the parent plant
(strawberries), forming nodes where new plants develop is called a/an:
A) cutting
C) runners
B) bulb
D) rhizome
_____18. Fleshy, underground stems (onion) in which new plants develop
A) cutting
B) bulb
C) runners
D) rhizomes
_____19. Swollen, modified roots (potato) in which new plants develop are:
A) tubers
C) runners
B) bulb
D) rhizomes
_____20. Shoots with leaves are taken from the parent plant and when rooted, will grow into a
new plant.
A) cutting
C) runners
B) bulb
D) rhizomes
A scientist observed bacteria cells under the microscope and carefully recorded her
observations.
_____21. What process was the scientist observing?
A) Photosynthesis
B) Cellular respiration
C) sexual reproduction
D) asexual reproduction
_____22. The scientist compared one of the cells at 11:00 a.m. with a photograph of the cell
at 10:00 a.m. Which best describes what she found?
A) The two cells had different traits
B) The two cells shared some traits
C) The two cells had identical traits
D) The two cells had different learned behaviors
______23. Sometimes sexual reproduction causes an organism to develop a new
characteristic to the species. Which of the following new characteristics might
help a lizard that lives in grassy areas survive?
A) Developing a longer tail
C) becoming green colored
B) becoming color-blind
D) developing shorter legs
______24. What is an advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
A) It requires only one parent and has a higher success rate
B) It reproduces many individuals very quickly
C) It creates variation in offspring, allowing a greater chance to adapt if the
environment suddenly changed.
D) It creates identical offspring, reducing the chance of mutations being passed
onto the next generation.
Match the type of asexual reproduction with the appropriate image. Put the correct capital
letter in the answer space provided.
25) _____
26) _____
27) _____
28) _____
29) _____
30) _____
A) Tuber
B) Bulb
C) Runner
D) Cutting
E) Budding
F) Regeneration
__________________31. Where is the human body would you find cells undergoing meiosis?
_____32. How many chromosomes are in each human cell?
_____33. How many of these chromosomes does the female contribute to her offspring?
_____34. How many of these chromosomes does the male contribute to his offspring?
Use the diagram below to answer questions 35-38.
35. Identify the sex cells shown at letter A ___________________.
36. Identify the sex cells shown at letter B ___________________.
37. Identify the reproductive process that is occurring at letter C __________________.
38. Identify the process that is occurring between letter E and F __________________.
Grasshopper body cells have 24 chromosomes.
39. How many chromosomes in a grasshopper’s sex cell?______________
40. How many chromosomes in a grasshopper’s fertilized egg? __________
41. In a grasshopper leg cell? ____________
Decide if the statement is a asexual or sexual reproduction based on the given advantages
or disadvantages.
A= asexual reproduction
S= sexual reproduction
____42) There is no transportation necessary for this type of reproduction.
____43) Involves 2 parents
____44) The zygote will have a combination of genetic information from both parents.
____45) This type of reproduction creates a rapid population growth
____46) There is NO genetic diversity
____47) Has the ability to adapt to environmental changes
____48) There is more time and energy required for this type of reproduction.
____49) No mate is needed.
____50) Produces only a small population