Topic 2.3 Asexual Reproduction

Question 1

Binary fission

Answer 1

The splitting of one individual to form two new individuals as a result of mitosis

Question 2

Sporulation

Answer 2

Process involving mitosis in the production of asexual spores that can grow into new individuals

Question 3

Regeneration

Answer 3

Use of mitosis to regrow a body part that has been lost

Question 4

Fragmentation

Answer 4

Use of mitosis to regenerate a whole organising from a fragment of the original

Question 5

Budding

Answer 5

Production by mitosis of an outgrowth from the parent organism that develops into a small independent organism

Question 6

Vegetative propagation

Answer 6

Process by which a plant forms a structure by mitosis that develops into a fully differentiated, genetically identical new plant

Question 7

Parthenogenesis

Answer 7

Process by which an unfertilised egg cell develops into a new individual

Question 8

Clones

Answer 8

Genetically identical offspring produced as a result of natural or artificial asexual reproduction