Cloning

Question 1

cloning

Answer 1

the production of genetically identical individuals

Question 2

vegetative propagation - strawberry plants

Answer 2

produce runners that grow sideways along the ground - new shoots and roots grow along the runner, runners eventually die off between plants

Question 3

vegetative propagation - daffodil bulbs

Answer 3

leaf bases swell with stored food from photosynthesis, buds form internally to grow in next season

Question 4

vegetative propagation - marram grass

Answer 4

rhizome - specialised horizontal stem running underground, often swollen with stored food, buds develop and form new vertical shoots which become independent plants

Question 5

vegatative propagation - potato

Answer 5

stem tubers - tip of underground stem becomes swollen with stored food to form tuber or storage organ, buds grow on it to produce new shoots (eyes)