Asexual Reproduction Worksheet

Section A
Question 1:

In plants, sexual reproduction occurs in which of the following?

(a) leaf
(b) flower
(c) fruit
(d) stem

Question 2:

Why is reproduction important?

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Question 3:

Name one reproductive and one vegetative part of a plant.

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Question 4:

Which of the following methods of reproduction is sexual?

(a) vegetative reproduction

(b) spore formation
(c) budding
(d) none of these

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Question 5:

Yeast reproduces by

(a) budding
(b) spore formation
(c) vegetative reproduction
(d) sexual reproduction
Question 6:

Zygote is related to which method of reproduction?

(a) budding
(b) sexual reproduction
(c) spore formation
(d) vegetative reproduction

Question 7:

Which of these is the male reproduction organ in plants?

(a) pistil
(b) pollen grain
(c) stamen
(d) ovule

Question 8:

Which of the following contains the egg cells in plants?

(a) anther
(b) stigma
(c) pollen grain
(d) ovule

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Question 9:

Which of these develops into the seed?

(a) pollen grain

(b) ovary
(c) ovule
(d) pollen tube

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Question 10:

A plant was found to have seeds with hooks. By which method is it most likely to be dispersed?

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Question 11:

Which of the following is dispersed by water?

(a) lotus
(b) dandelion
(c) pea
(d) xanthium

Question 12:

Which of the following is an incomplete flower?

(a) rose
(b) apple
(c) sweet pea
(d) papaya

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Section B
Question 1:

The method of reproduction that involves only one parent is called ___________
ANSWER:

The method of reproduction that involves only one parent is called asexual reproduction.

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Question 2:

Mosses and ferns reproduce by __________ formation.

ANSWER:

Mosses and ferns reproduce by spore formation.

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Question 3:

Spirogyra reproduces by ___________

ANSWER:

Spirogyra reproduces by fragmentation.

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Question 4:

Potato reproduces from seeds. True of false?

ANSWER:

False.
Potato reproduces by vegetative propagation.

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Question 5:

The process of growing new plants using artificial methods is called _________ of growing new plants
using artificial methods is called artificial propagation.

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Question 6:

What is the process of fusion of male cell and egg cell called?
ANSWER:

The process of fusion of male cell and egg cell is called fertilisation.

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Question 7:

The fusion product of male cell and egg cell known as ____________
ANSWER:

The fusion product of male cell and egg cell is known as zygote.

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Question 8:

Complete flowers have both male and female organs.True of false?

ANSWER:

True.
Complete flowers have all the four floral organs; that is, sepals, petals, stamens and pistils.

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Question 9:

Name one seed that is dispersed by:

(a) wind
(b) explosion of fruit
ANSWER:

(a) Cotton seeds are dispersed by wind.

(b) Pea seeds are dispersed by explosion of fruit.

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Question 10:

A seed cannot start germinating in the absence of water. True or false?

ANSWER:

True.
The seed must get moisture and oxygen for germination. The enzymes in the seed function only when
they get water.
Question 11:

How does yeast reproduce?

ANSWER:

Yeast reproduces by budding. In yeast, a small amount of cytoplasm accumulates at one end of the
cell and a bud is formed. The nucleus divides into two. One of them enters the bud. The bud grows
and gets detached from the parent cell to form a new cell.

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Question 12:

Which plants reproduce by spore formation?

Question 13:

How is sexual reproduction different from asexual reproduction?

ANSWER:
Sexual Reproduction Asexual Reproduction

Question 14:

List the different kinds of asexual reproduction in plants, giving one example of each.
ANSWER:

The different kinds of asexual reproduction in plants are listed below:

(a) Fragmentation (e.g. spirogyra)
(b) Budding (e.g. yeast)
(c) Spore formation (e.g. moss)

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Question 15

What is vegetative reproduction?

ANSWER:

The method of producing new plants from the vegetative parts of the mother plant, such as root, stem
and leaves, without the assistance of any reproductive organ is called vegetative propagation.
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Question 16:

What is artificial propagation of plants? Name four methods of artificial propagation.

ANSWER:

Artificial propagation is the process of growing new plants by artificial methods.

Four methods of artificial propagation are grafting, cutting, layering and tissue culture.

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Question 17:

What does the process of fertilisation consist of?

ANSWER:

The process of fertilisation consists of the fusion of male cell, carried by the pollen tube, with the egg in
the ovule. Zygote is formed as a result of fertilisation.

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Question 18:

When does a seed start germinating?

ANSWER:

A seed germinates when it gets proper moisture and oxygen. Most seeds also require warmth for their
germination.
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Question 1:

Discuss, giving examples, three different ways of vegetative reproduction.

ANSWER:

Following are the three different ways of vegetative reproduction:

(a) In some plants, such as strawberry and grasses, the main plant develops side shoots which have
buds that grow into new plants.
(b) The leaf of Bryophyllum has many buds on its margin which give rise to new plants.
(c) Bulbs in onion are underground stems with thick leaves. New plants are also produced from bulbs
in onion.

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Question 2:

What are the advantages of vegetative reproduction?

ANSWER:

The various advantages of vegetative reproduction are as follows:

(a) It allows the plant producers to produce new plants quickly.
(b) It produces exact replicas of the parent plant. One can produce exact copies of a plant with the
required characteristics, such as resistance to disease.
(c) It requires less attention than plants grown from seeds in the early stages of growth.
(d) It helps to develop new varieties of plants having required characteristics.

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Question 3:

Explain the following:

(a) cutting
(b) layering
(c) grafting
ANSWER:

(a) Cutting: It is an artificial method of vegetative propagation in which a healthy young branch of a
plant with leaf buds is cut off and planted in moist soil. The cutting develops roots and grows into a
new plant. This method is used to propagate plants such as rose, sugarcane and bougainvillaea.

(b) Layering: It is an artificial method of vegetative propagation in which a young branch is bent
towards the ground and covered with moist soil. After some time, roots develop from the covered part.
This is called a layer. The branch can now be cut and made to grow into a new plant. This method is
used to propagate plants such as rose, jasmine and bougainvillaea.

(c) Grafting: It is an artificial method of vegetative propagation. It consists of keeping a twig or bud of
one plant (called the scion) over the cut stem of another plant (called the stock) and tying them up
Question 4:

What is pollination? How does it lead to fertilization? Explain with the help of a diagram.
ANSWER:

Pollination is the process of transfer of pollen grains from the anthers to the stigma. After reaching the
stigma, pollen grain starts to grow. A thin tube called the pollen tube grows down from the pollen grain
through the pistil. The pollen tube carries the male cell. It grows and enters the ovule. The male cell
moves into the ovule and fuses with the egg to form zygote. The fusion of male cell with the egg is
called fertilisation.

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Question 5:

Why is dispersal of seeds necessary? Name the agents of dispersal giving one example each of a
seed that is dispersed by them.
ANSWER:

Dispersal of seeds is necessary so that seeds of a plant get scattered over a large area. If all the
seeds of a plant fall at one place, they will not have enough space, water, minerals and the sunlight.
Thus, they will not develop into healthy plants.
Following are the different agents of dispersal:
(a) Wind (e.g. cotton and maple seeds)
(b) Water (e.g. lotus seeds)
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Question 6:

What happens in a flower after fertilization?

ANSWER:

After fertilisation, the petals, sepals and stamens wither away and fall off. Sometimes, style and stigma
also fall off. Only the ovary remains. The ovules in the ovary contain a supply of food which is taken by
the deve

loping zygote. The zygote begins to grow by cell division and, after some time, becomes an
Question 7:

Explain the process of tissue culture.

ANSWER:

Tissue culture is an artificial method of vegetative reproduction. In this method, a piece of tissue is cut
off from the growing tip of a plant. The cells are separated and kept in a nutrient medium under
controlled conditions. The nutrient medium contains hormones that make the cells divide and form
groups of cells. Roots also develop. These are then kept in a different nutrient medium containing
hormones that enables shoot to develop. The different plantlets can now be grown in pots of soil.
Orchids, chrysanthemum and many other plants are grown by this method.

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Question 1:

Improper working of the reproductive organs can lead to death. True or false? Give reasons.
ANSWER:

False.
Reproductive organs are not needed for the organism to stay alive. However, the organism cannot
produce offspring without it and therefore cannot continue its species.

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Question 2:

What kind of flowers do you expect to be attractive-insect pollinated flowers or wind pollinated flowers?
Why?
ANSWER:

Insect-pollinated flowers are expected to be more attractive because petals of insect-pollinated flowers
are scented and coloured. Wind-pollinated flowers have very small petals or no petals at all. This is
because they are pollinated by wind and not by insects.

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Question 3:

Do you think insect-pollinated flowers can also be pollinated by wind? Why?

ANSWER:

Insect-pollinated flowers cannot be pollinated by wind because the anthers and pistils remain covered
by petals.