ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION QUIZ
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1.
Which of the following are modes of asexual reproduction?
(There may be more than one correct answer).
a. Binary fusion
b. Fragmentation
c. Spore formation
d. Gametogenesis
e. Cutting
f. Grafting
9.
The plant Cas casuria is a herb that has been propagated
by monks using asexual techniques for over two hundred
years. Which of the following is the most likely reason
why the monks take time to do this?
a. The plant can cure disease.
b. The plant is economically lucrative.
c. The plant has religious meaning.
d. The plant has advantageous traits that need to be
maintained.
2.
Which of the following organisms practice budding as a
form of asexual reproduction?
a. Hydra and yeast
b. Hydra and bacteria
c. Bacteria and Amoeba
d. Bacteria and flatworms
10
Which of the following is the aim of growing plants from
cuttings?
a. To make the parent plant smaller.
b. To remove insect infected leaves.
c. The cutting helps to produce new roots, stems or
both, and develops into a new plant.
d. To prevent disease from spreading.
3.
The following are all forms of vegetative propagation:
grafting, cutting, runners, fragmentation.
a. True
b. False
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Which of the following is not a form of cutting?
a. Root cutting
c. Stem cutting
b. Hard-wood cutting d. Meristem cutting
4.
Which of the following is not considered a definition for
asexual reproduction?
a. Offspring arising from a single parent.
b. Reproduction involving ploidy, and fertilization.
c. Reproduction without the fusion of gametes.
d. Methods involving agamogenesis.
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Which of the following is the alternative to vegetative
propagation?
a. Root propagation
b. Stem propagation
c. Seed propagation
d. Leaf propagation
5.
Which of the following is NOT a medium used when
cultivating plants from cuttings?
a. Polyvinyl chloride c. Rockwool
b. Soil
d. Potting mix
13
Which of the following plants is not usually cultivated
using vegetative propagation?
a. Red pea
c. Potato
b. Banana
d. Onion
6.
Which of the following are advantages of asexual
reproduction? (There may be more than one correct
answer).
a. Large numbers of offspring are reproduced.
b. Energy is required for the process.
c. One parent only.
d. Large colonies can form that can out-complete
other organisms.
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Which of the following are genetic consequences of
asexual reproduction? (There may be more than one
answer).
a. Promotes evolutionary change.
b. Large scale susceptibility to diseases
c. Increased chance of mutation.
d. Genotypes and phenotypes may be defenseless
against predation.
e. Lack of genetic recombination.
7.
What does totipotent mean?
a. The total plant can be used.
b. Each plant cell has the potential to regenerate into
a complete plant.
c. The plant is strong and virile.
d. The plant is poisonous.
e. The plant is resistant to disease.
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The plant Cas casuria is a herb that has been propagated
by monks using asexual techniques for over two hundred
years. Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to
growing plants in this manner?
a. A negative mutation can make asexually
produced organisms susceptible to disease.
b. The plants remain unevolved.
c. Unfavourable conditions can wipe out entire
colonies
d. Produce offspring that are close together and
compete with one another
8.
Which of the following are artificial modes of vegetative
propagation? (There may be more than one answer).
a. Grafting
b. Cutting
c. Fragmentation
d. Tissue culture
e. Runners
f. Tubers
16
Which of the following are natural modes of vegetative
propagation? (There may be more than one answer).
a. Runners
b. Tubers
c. Grafting
d. Meristem/node
e. Cutting
17
What is another term used for tissue culture?
a. Grafting
b. Micropropagation
c. Cloning
d. Striking
18
Look at slide #40 on the current PowerPoint presentation
entitled Asexual Reproduction by Group 1 and answer the
following question.
Which process/es is/are not shown on the slide?
a. Fragmentation
b. Spore formation
c. Budding
d. Cutting
e. Splitting
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What is the consequence of the lack of genetic
recombination?
a. More genetic alternatives
b. Fewer genetic alternatives
c. All genetic alternatives are unsatisfactory
d. Genetic alternatives are hybrids
Which of the following plants are correctly matched with
their modes of vegetative propagation?
a. Pumpkin- runner
b. Rhododendron- cutting
c. Apple- grafting
d. Lilac-cutting
Arrange the following stages of asexual reproduction in
Amoeba in the following order from start to finish.
A. The pseudopodia are pulled in and the nucleus divides.
B.
Two
daughter
Amoeba
are
formed.
C. Amoeba divides after it has grown to certain size.
D. The cell body begins to divide after the nucleus has
split.
a. A, B, C, D
c. C, A, D, B
b. A, C, D, B
d. C, D, A, B
Which of the following is not a requirement to generate
plants from tissue culture technique? (There may be more
than one answer).
a. Nutrient solution
b. Light
c. Sterile conditions
d. Large space without ait, almost like a vacuum
e. Hardening of the plantlets before replanting
outdoors
Essay Questions
Type the responses to your answers in the spaces below each question.
Bananas and sugar cane are two crops usually grown by vegetative propagation.
a). Explain why these crops are usually grown using this technique. (3 marks)
b). List two advantages of their growing the crops using this technique. (2)
c). Mr. Jones has 20 acres of banana. Recently, he saw that a few trees in his orchard came down with a virus that killed them
rapidly. Mr. Jones is extremely concerned about his farm. Based on the way in which he propagated his bananas, explain why his
concern is not irrational. (3)
d). What would you advise Mr. Jones to do to immediately reduce the threat to his acres? (2)
SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS I QUIZ
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1.
What does the carpel consist of?
a. Anther, filament
b. Stigma, filament
c. Stigma, style
d. Anther, ovary
9.
Cross-pollination is to _______, as self-pollination is
to________.
a. genetic stability……variation
b. genetic conservation…….genetic diversity
c. genetic diversity…….genetic conservation
d. wind……insect
Pollination occurs when
a. pollen grains from the stigma fall on the anther
of a plant
b. pollen grains from the anther fall on the stigma
of a plant
c. the nucleus within the pollen grain fuses with a
single nucleus in the ovule
d. the nucleus within the pollen grain fuses with the
two nuclei in the ovule
Protandry and protogyny ensure that ______ flowers are
not always able to_______.
a. hermaphrodite…..self-pollinate
b. old……reproduce
c. dicotyledonous……bear fruit
d. monoecius……cross-pollinate
2.
Which part of the gynoecium becomes a seed after
fertilization?
a. ovule
b. embryo sac
c. ovaries
d. integuments
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3.
Sperm cells are to animals as ______ are to _______.
a. pollen grains……flowering plants
b. egg cells……animals
c. anthers…….stigma
d. androecium…..gynoecium
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4.
Which of the following parts of the plant make up the
androecium? (There may be more than one answer).
I
stigma
II filament
III ovule
IV style
V anther
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The relationship between insects and insect-pollinated
flowers is a symbiotic one. Which type of symbiotic
relationship do they show?
a. mutualistic
b. parasitic
c. commensalistic
d. epiphytic
5.
Carpel is to _______ as stamen is to _______.
a. androecium……gynoecium
b. gynoecium…..androecium
c. pollen tube……integuments
d. protandry……protogyny
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Cross-pollination is to _______, as self-pollination is
to________.
a. natural selection…..artificial selection
b. artificial selection….natural selection
c. out-breeding…..in-breeding
d. in-breeding…..out-breeding
6.
The thorns of a rose are found on the ____.
a. peduncle
b. pedicel
c. perianth
d. receptacle
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Calyx is to ______ as corolla is to ______.
a. sepals…..petals
b. petals……sepals
c. androecium……gynoecium
d. gynoecium…..androecium
7.
Why are hermaphrodite flowers called complete or perfect
flowers?
a. They produce large fruit with seeds.
b. They produce sweet fruit.
c. They possess gynoecium or androecium.
d. They possess gynoecium and androecium.
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Which of the following is not an agent of pollination?
a. Fire
b. Wind
c. Water
d. Insect
8.
Look at slide 33 of Groups Two Presentation “Sexual
Reproduction in Flowering plants”. Which diagrams
represent Perigynous, Epigynous and Hypogynous
arrangement of the receptacle?
a. B, C, A
b. A, B, C
c. A, C, B
d. C, A, B
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How many pollen sacs are there in 3 anthers?
a. 1
b. 4
c. 12
d. 32
17
Robin has a Flucca plant which grows only red female
Flucca flowers. She recently bought a purple male Flucca
plant. If the Flucca plants reproduce mainly by crosspollination, where will she find evidence of this?
a.
b.
c.
d.
There will also be purple flowers on the red
Flucca plant
There will be flowers on the red Flucca plant that
have both red and purple mixed
Seeds from the red Flucca plant will give rise to
purple, red or mixed Flucca flowers
Seeds from the purple Flucca plant will give rise
to purple, red or mixed Flucca flowers
18
Monica has a patty-pan squash plant in her garden. She
notices that although she has had it for two years and it
has flowers on it, it does not bear any fruit. All of the
flowers are the same and incomplete. She also notices
that the plant has enough sunlight and water and bees are
regularly in her garden for insect-pollination to occur.
Recently, Monica found that a patty pan squash was on
her plant. Later that day in her kitchen she also killed a
bee from Farmer Brown’s hive which is situated five
miles away. Which of the following could be reasons
why Monica’s squash took so long to bear fruit?
I Self-incompatibility
II Hermaphroditism
III Patty pan squash is monoecius
IV Patty pan squash is dioecius
V Protandry
VI Protogyny