Upper Block Science

Reproduction From Plant Parts

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1.

Gills

(a) What is the name of the living organism shown in the diagram above? (1m)
Mushroom

(b) Indicate clearly with an arrow where the spores are housed. (1m)

(c) How does this plant reproduce? (1m)

From spores.

(d) Under what conditions does this organism grow best? (2m)
Warm and moist conditions

2. The picture below shows a potato.

eye

After the potato was left for a few days, what would you expect to see at the “eye”?
(2m)

The “ eye” is the tiny bud which can grow into a new shoot of a new plant.

3. Non-flowering plants cannot produce seeds. They usually reproduce from spores.

(a) Name 3 plants that reproduce from spores. (3m)

Mushroom, toadstool, bird’s nest fern and mosses

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 (b) Each spore bag contains thousands of spores. Explain clearly how the
spores in the spore bags are dispersed. (2m)

When the spore bags are riped, they burst open or open up so that
the spores can be dispersed by wind.

4. Ivan left a moist slice of bread on the table for a few days. When he saw it later,
there were blue patches on the bread.

(a) What do you think these patches are? (1m)

Patches of mould.

(b) How did these patches get there? (2m)

There is sufficient moisture and warmth allowing the mould to grow on the
bread.

(c) Is the bread still edible? Why? (1m)

No. We can get sick if we eat it.

5. (a) State 1 characteristic of non-flowering plants which can reproduce

from (i) shoots, (ii) underground stems, (iii) leaves (3m)

(i) shoots: buds at the base of stem of parent plant grow into new
shoots.

(ii) underground stems: Buds on them grow into new shoots and plants.

(iii) leaves: Leaves from these plants drop onto the ground and grow
into new plants.

(b) Give 2 examples of such plants for each of (a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii).(3m)

(i) shoots: Banana and pineapple

(ii) underground stems: Potato, ginger and onion

(iii) leaves: Begonia, bryophyllum and African violet

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