INTRO TO REPRODUCTION

Question 1

a biological process in which an organism gives rise to offspring

Answer 1

reproduction

Question 2

reproduction by a single parent without formation of gametes

Answer 2

asexual reproduction

Question 3

reproduction by two parents of opposite sex involving in the formation and fusion of gametes

Answer 3

sexual reproduction

Question 4

an offspring that is an exact copy of their parents

Answer 4

clone

Question 5

what type of offspring is developed from asexual reproduction?

Answer 5

clone

Question 6

what type of reproduction is more common in unicellular organisms?

Answer 6

asexual reproduction

Question 7

how do single cell organisms of the kingdom Monera and Protista reproduce?

Answer 7

binary fission

Question 8

what is the division of the cell in two halves, with each half developing into an adult?

Answer 8

binary fission

Question 9

what are motile asexual spores that use the flagellum for locomotion?

Answer 9

zoospores

Question 10

what are examples of zoospores? (A, F)

Answer 10

algae and fungi

Question 11

what is produced in yeast when the cell division is unequal?

Answer 11

buds

Question 12

what is produced in hydra when there is a small outgrowth?

Answer 12

buds

Question 13

what are the asexual spores in fungus that are generated by mitosis called?

Answer 13

conidia

Question 14

what is an example of an organism that reproduces via a conidia?

Answer 14

penicillium

Question 15

how do conidia develop in phylum Ascomycota (sac fungi)?

Answer 15

on a special stalk called conidiophores

Question 16

what are internal buds of freshwater sponges called?

Answer 16

Gemmules

Question 17

what is the asexual reproduction in plants called?

Answer 17

vegetative reproduction

Question 18

how does vegetative reproduction occur? (R,R,S,T,O,B)

Answer 18

runner, rhizome, sucker, tuber, offset, bulb

Question 19

what do you call a plant that reproduces via a slender stem that grows horizontally to the ground, which cuts off and develops into a new individual?

Answer 19

runner

Question 20

what is an example of a runner? (S)

Answer 20

strawberry

Question 21

what is an example of an offset? (TOB)

Answer 21

terror of bengal

Question 22

what is another name for the terror of bengal?

Answer 22

water hyacinth (Eichhornia)

Question 23

why is the terror of bengal a considered a water weed?

Answer 23

it rapidly reproduces in a short period, and drains oxygen from the water, leading to the death of fishes

Question 24

what do you call a plant that reproduces via a modified underground stem?

Answer 24

rhizome

Question 25

what is an example of a rhizome? (G,C)

Answer 25

ginger and canna

Question 26

what do you call a plant that reproduces through a basal shoot/root sprout/adventitious shoot?

Answer 26

sucker

Question 27

what are examples of suckers? (A, C)

Answer 27

apple and cherry

Question 28

what do you call a plant that reproduces through short, thickened underground stems that bear minute scale leaves with buds?

Answer 28

tubers

Question 29

what are examples of tubers?

Answer 29

potatoes

Question 30

what do you call a plant that reproduces through a virtually complete daughter plant which was asexually produced from the mother plant?

Answer 30

offset

Question 31

what do you call a plant that reproduces through a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf bases?

Answer 31

bulbs

Question 32

what are examples of bulbs? (OG)

Answer 32

onion and garlic