Grade 5 - Animal Reproduction

Question 1

All living things reproduce. Animals can reproduce either _______ or ______.

Answer 1

asexually
sexually

Question 2

Reproduction by one parent is called?

Answer 2

asexual reproduction

Question 3

What are the different types of asexual reproduction?

Answer 3

fission
budding
fragmentation

Question 4

Is a type of asexual reproduction that happens when one organism splits into two identical parts of the same size?

Answer 4

fission also called binary fission

Question 5

Example of a fission?

Answer 5

A planarian flatworm

Question 6

Is a form of reproduction wherein a small part of the body separates to form a new organism.

Answer 6

Budding

Question 7

Sample of a budding reproduction.

Answer 7

Sponges, hydra

Question 8

How do sponges reproduce through budding?

Answer 8

First, they form groups of cells called buds. When the buds break off from the parent, they develop into new sponges.

Question 9

A form of asexual reproduction where a fragment of the parent breaks off and develops into an entirely new but genetically identical individual.

Answer 9

Fragmentation

Question 10

Is the ability of an organism to regrow certain parts of its lost body parts.

Answer 10

Regeneration

Question 11

Is a type of reproduction that involves fertilization of sex cells from two organisms?

Answer 11

Sexual reproduction

Question 12

Is the fusion of the egg cell and the sperm cell from two individuals?

Answer 12

Fertilization

Question 13

The fusion of the sperm and the egg forms a fertilized cell called?

Answer 13

zygote

Question 14

Is an aquatic animal with stinging cells and a hollow body. These animals reproduce both sexually and asexually?

Answer 14

jellyfish

Question 15

Animal fertilization can be done either _______ or _______.

Answer 15

externally or internally

Question 16

Is a type of fertilization that is the union of the egg and the sperm cells outside the body?

Answer 16

External fertilization

Question 17

Is a process wherein animals release a mass of egg cells and sperm cells into the water?

Answer 17

spawning

Question 18

The larvae of frogs are called?

Answer 18

tadpoles

Question 19

What do you call the mating position of the male and female frog?

Answer 19

amplexus

Question 20

Animals that lay eggs, such as fish and frogs, are called?

Answer 20

oviparous

Question 21

Other fishes, such as sharks, have eggs that develop inside the female’s body are called?

Answer 21

ovoviviparous

Question 22

In other animals, fertilization takes place inside the body. This is called _______.

Answer 22

internal fertilization

Question 23

Animals that reproduce through internal fertilization?

Answer 23

reptiles, birds and mammals

Question 24

Insects go through a series of changes as they develop from eggs to adults. This series of changes is called ________.

Answer 24

metamorphosis

Question 25

What are the types of metamorphosis?

Answer 25

complete and incomplete

Question 26

Examples of insects that go through incomplete metamorphosis?

Answer 26

grasshoppers, crickets and dragonflies

Question 27

The egg of a dragonfly hatches into a larva, which is called a?

Answer 27

nymph

Question 28

Examples of insects that go through complete metamorphosis?

Answer 28

bees, wasps, butterflies and moths.

Question 29

What are the growth stages of a complete metamorphosis?

Answer 29

the egg the larva the pupa the adult

Question 30

A wormlike larva is called?

Answer 30

caterpillar

Question 31

The mosquito larva is commonly known?

Answer 31

wriggler

Question 32

Are birds also oviparous?

Answer 32

Yes

Question 33

The white part of the egg and a yolk that serves as food for the developing bird are called?

Answer 33

albumin

Question 34

Keeping the eggs warm until they hatch is called?

Answer 34

incubation

Question 35

How many days for incubation?

Answer 35

Incubation time may vary, depending on the type of bird. It may be as long as 80 days or as short as 12 days.

Question 36

A chicken egg develops in how many days?

Answer 36

21 days.

Question 37

Cats and dogs belong to a group of animals called ______. And they are viviparous.

Answer 37

mammals

Question 38

Is viviparous means that they bear their young alive and feed them with milk? Their milk is produced from their mammary glands.

Answer 38

Yes

Question 39

Mammals are grouped according to how their young develop. They are classified as ________, _________, and ________ mammals.

Answer 39

monotremes marsupials placental

Question 40

A group of living mammals that lay eggs are classified as?

Answer 40

monotremes.

Question 41

Examples of monotremes?

Answer 41

duck-billed platypus echidna

Question 42

Mammals with pouches on their abdomens are classified as?

Answer 42

marsupials

Question 43

Examples of marsupials?

Answer 43

kangaroos opossums

Question 44

Mammals that are those whose young develop completely inside their mother's body.

Answer 44

Placental

Question 45

Is an organ that attaches the unborn young animal to the mother?

Answer 45

placenta

Question 46

The young mammal is attached to the placenta by the ______.

Answer 46

umbilical cord

Question 47

What do you call an animal that have both male and female reproductive organs?

Answer 47

hermaphrodites

Question 48

Is it true that most snails and worms are hermaphrodites?

Answer 48

Yes