Chapter 22- Cloning and Biotechnology

Question 1

What is asexual reproduction a form of?

Answer 1

Cloning

Question 2

What is an alternative name for natural cloning?

Answer 2

Vegetative propagation

Question 3

What does natural cloning involve?

Answer 3

Perennating Organs, containing stored food from photosynthesis

Question 4

Name the four types of natural cloning

Answer 4

Bulbs
Runners
Rhizomes
Stem tubers

Question 5

Describe a bulb as a perennating organ

Answer 5

Leaf bases swell with stored food from photosynthesis and buds form internally which develop into new shoots and plants

Question 6

Describe a runner as a perennating organ

Answer 6

A lateral stem growing away from the parent plant, developing roots as it touches the ground

Question 7

Describe rhizomes as a perennating organ

Answer 7

a specialised horizontal stem running underground, developing buds and new vertical shoots which become independent plants

Question 8

Describe stem tubers as a perennating organ

Answer 8

Tip of an underground stem that becomes swollen to form a tuber or storage organ. Buds on the storage organ produce new shoots