Asexual & Sexual Reproduction

Question 1

Qualities of sexual reproduction in plants?

Answer 1

• Produces genetically varied offspring
• Three steps needed:
  1) Pollination
  2) Fertilisation
  3) Germination

Question 2

Where are the sexual organs of a flowering plant?

Answer 2

In its flowers

Question 3

Qualities of asexual reproduction?

Answer 3

• Produces genetically identical offspring
• Offspring are called clones

Question 4

Advantages of asexual reproduction?

Answer 4

In a stable environment, it allows parents with adventurous adaptations to produce clones with same beneficial characteristics

Question 5

Advantages of sexual reproduction?

Answer 5

In a changing environment, or where there is a threat of disease from pathogens

Question 6

What are the methods of asexual reproduction in plants?

Answer 6

• Runner
• Tubers
• Bulbs

Question 7

What is the runner method of asexual reproduction?

Answer 7

A new plant is produced when the runner touches the ground

Question 8

What is the tubers method of asexual reproduction?

Answer 8

Swollen underground stems containing lots of stored food. One plant can produce many tubers which can each grow many shoots which form new plants

Question 9

What is the bulbs method of asexual reproduction?

Answer 9

Underground buds with thick fleshy leaves containing stored food. A main shoot will grow out of the parent club and another will grow out of the side of the ‘daughter’ club , forming two plants

Question 10

What is the artificial method of growing plants?

Answer 10

From cuttings (a piece of a plants stem with leaves attached is planted in damp compost)