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General Biology 2
Module 12.1
Reproduction and Development
of Plants and Animals
General Biology 2
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Module 12.1: Reproduction and Development of Plants and Animals
First Edition, 2020
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General Biology 2
Module 1
Reproduction and Development
of Plants and Animals
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the General Biology 2 Self Learning Module (SLM) on Reproduction and
Development of Plants and Animals.
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What I Know
Directions: Select the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
1. What is the biological process in which different organisms have the ability
to produce another of their kind?
A. Circulation
B. Development
C. Nutrition
D. Reproduction
2. What type of asexual reproduction wherein an organism is produced from
the detached body part of its parent?
A. Budding
B. Binary Fission
C. Fragmentation
D. Spore formation
3. What is a fertilized egg?
A. Embryo
B. Ovum
C. Sperm
D. Zygote
Lesson
Reproduction of Plants
and Animals
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What’s In
From your previous topic about the Evolution and Origin of Biodiversity.
Answer the following questions: What is Evolution? And How Origin of Biodiversity
started? Let’s connect to the Organismal Biology but before that try to rearrange the
rumbled letters to give you a clue on the lesson to be discussed. The rumbled letters
are E T R U N I P R D O C O . How do Plants and Animals differ?
What’s New
QUESTIONS:
1. What is the difference of Plant Reproduction from Animal Reproduction?
2. What is the similarity of Plant Reproduction and Animal Reproduction?
What is It
Directions: Answer the following questions. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
1. What are the different types of asexual reproduction?
2. Explain in words or illustration the sexual reproduction of animals.
Plant Reproduction versus Animal Reproduction
Reproduction
Plants, animals, and other organism have the ability to reproduce.
Reproduction is a biological process in which different organisms have the ability to
produce another of their kind. With this ability, organisms are able to improve their
species and enhance their physical characteristics, because only those that have the
genes necessary for survival can proliferate and pass them on to the next generation.
In plants and animals, reproduction may either be sexual or asexual.
Asexual Reproduction
Asexual reproduction does not involve gametes or sex cells. This type of
reproduction can be observed in some plants and in lower forms of animals.
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Figure 1. Hydra
2. Fragmentation- an organism is produced from the detached body part of its
parent. Example is some species of sea stars.
Figure 3. Cyanobacteria
4. Vegetative reproduction- a plant part is used to reproduce another plant.
Example is strawberry and kamote, etc..
Figure 4. Plants
5. Spore formation- this involves the production of spores, which are specialized
asexual reproductive cells. Example is ferns.
Figure 5. Fern
Sexual Reproduction
On the other hand, sexual reproduction involves the union of gametes (i.e.,
the sperm and the egg cell) inside or outside the body of an organism. This type of
reproduction is exhibited only by higher forms of organisms, including humans. In
this process, the sperm and the egg fuse to create a fertilized egg known as the
zygote, which will eventually become the embryo. Figure 6.1 shows the process
necessary for sexual reproduction to occur.
What’s More
Directions: Column A is the definition of term in the Column B. Select the word/s
from the Column B that best describes its definition from the Column A. Write
the letter of your answer on your activity notebook.
Column A Column B
1. produce specialized asexual cells a. Sexual selection
2. produced from detached body part b. Color display
3. male species compete with other male species c. Plumage
4. change in color of a peacock d. Spore formation
5. use physical characteristics to attract e. Fragmentation
f. Budding
g. Binary fission
Directions: Answer the questions below. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
Questions:
1. What are the physical differences and similarities in the reproduction systems
of plants and animals?
What I Can Do
Assessment
Directions: Select the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
5. What is the biological process in which different organisms have the ability
to produce another of their kind?
A. Circulation
B. Development
C. Nutrition
D. Reproduction
6. Which of the following organisms reproduce through Binary fission?
A. Cyanobacteria
B. Dandelion
C. Ferns
D. Hydra
7. Which asexual reproduction describes a Binary fission?
A. production of spores
B. plant parts is used to reproduce
C. splits into two daughter organisms
D. produced from outgrowth body part
8. What organism reproduces in the form of Budding?
A. Cyanobacteria
B. Dandelion
C. Ferns
D. Hydra
9. Which is the product of fertilized sperm cell and egg cell?
A. Embryo
B. Ovum
C. Sperm
D. Zygote
10. All of the following is the characteristics of sexual reproduction, EXCEPT
A. presence of zygote
B. does not involve gametes
C. union of sperm cell and egg cell
D. exhibited by higher forms of organisms
11. Which of the following is NOT included in the comparison of plants and
animals in terms of their reproduction?
A. plants need a vector such as an insect for reproduction
B. animals and plants have the same ways of reproduction
C. plants and animals both use color display for reproduction
D. most animals requires physical interaction with each other
12. All of the following organisms are a product of asexual reproduction,
EXCEPT
A. bacteria
B. dog
C. sea star
D. strawberry
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Additional Activities
What I Know
Directions: Select the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
1. What process of development where plants have sexual and asexual life
cycles?
A. Alternation of generations
B. Gametogenesis
C. Morphogenesis
D. Sporization
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3. What stage wherein plants produce spores first before forming the
gametes?
A. Gametogenesis
B. Meiosis
C. Mitosis
D. Sporization
4. What evidence showing gene comparison of plants and animals is not
much similar?
A. Molecular evidence
B. Evolutionary history
C. Phylogenetic evidence
D. Primitive ancestor evidence
5. What stages of development wherein plant cells are positionally fixed?
A. Growth stages
B. Meiosis stages
C. Unicellular stages
D. Multicellular stages
6. What stages of development wherein the body plan of animals is
determined by its genes?
A. Growth stages
B. Meiosis stages
C. Unicellular stages
D. Multicellular stages
7. What determine the body plan of animals during growth stage?
A. Environment
B. Gene
C. Life cycle
D. Reproduction
8. Which of the following undergo alternation of generations?
A. Animals
B. Humans
C. Microorganisms
D. Plants
9. Which of the following produces spores first before forming the gametes?
A. Animals
B. Humans
C. Microorganisms
D. Plants
10. Which is TRUE about the development of plants and animals?
A. They progressed differently
B. Similarity between the genes
C. Plant cells is highly regulated by its genes
D. Animal life cycle undergo sexual and asexual life cycle
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11. All of the following are the developmental differences between plants and
Animals, EXCEPT
A. Animal cells are motile
B. Plant cells are positionally fixed
C. Animals do not undergo alternation of generations
D. Plants can choose or change their growing locations
12. Which is NOT included in the development of plants?
A. Plants produce spores
B. They undergo sexual and asexual life cycles
C. Has only one continuous multicellular stage
D. Body plan of plants is regulated by environment
13. All of the following describes the development of animals, EXCEPT
A. Gametes are not directly formed
B. Animals are determined by its genes
C. Has only one continuous multicellular stage
D. Animals can choose or change their growing locations
14. Is it true that (I) Plants develop by going through a longer period of
morphogenesis or change in shape while (II) Animals develop into a
distinct and complete body shape?
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
15. Is it true that (I) Plants grow by increasing the number of cells whereas
(II) Animals grow by increasing their cell size?
A. I only
B. II only
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
Lesson
DEVELOPMENT OF
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
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What’s In
From your previous topic about the Reproduction of Plants and Animals. How
do plants and animals reproduce? What is the similarity and difference in terms of
their reproduction? Let’s connect to the next topic but before that try to rearrange
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the rumbled letters to give you a clue on the lesson to be discussed. The rumbled
letters are M V E P N E L D E O T . How do Plants and Animals differ?
What’s New
Directions: Complete the following table to show the differences in the development
of plants and animals. Write your answer on your activity notebook.
Feature Plant Animal
Life cycle
Growth pattern
Cell growth
(in size or in number)
Change in body shape
Formation of gametes
What is It
Directions: Answer the following problems. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
1. What are the differences of plants and animals development?
2. Illustrate the comparison of life cycles between plants and animals.
Developmental Difference of Plants and Animals
Development
Plants and animals have progressed differently. Based on phylogenetic
evidence or the evolutionary history of organisms, the primitive ancestor of plants
and animals was likely a unicellular eukaryote. However, based on molecular
evidence from gene comparisons, there is not much similarity between the genes that
make up the body plan of plants and of animals.
At the unicellular stages of their development, plant cells are positionally fixed,
which means that they are not capable of movement, whereas animal cells are motile
or capable of movement. During the growth stages, the body plan of plants is highly
regulated by the environment because plants cannot choose or change their growing
locations, whereas the body plan of animals is clearly determined by its genes. Plant
and animal life cycles are also different from one another. Most plants undergo
alternation of generations, where they have sexual and asexual life cycles, whereas
the animal life cycle has only one continuous multicellular stage (after fertilization).
Figure 6.4 shows the comparison between the life cycles of plants and animals.
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What’s More
Directions: Column A is the definition of term in the Column B. Select the word/s
from the Column B that best describes its definition from the Column A. Write
the letter of your answer on your activity notebook.
Column A Column B
1. evolutionary history of organisms a. alternation of generations
2. change in shape b. meiosis
3. gene comparisons c. morphogenesis
4. sexual and asexual life cycles d. phylogenetic evidence
5. formation of spores and gametes e. molecular evidence
f. growth stage
g. body plan
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Directions: Answer the questions below. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
Questions:
1. What are the differences in the development of plants and animals in terms of
life cycle?
What I Can Do
1. List down all the development you observed in your body especially its
morphogenesis and life cycle.
Assessment
Directions: Select the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.
1. Which stages of development wherein the body plan of animals is
determined by its genes?
A. Growth stages
B. Meiosis stages
C. Unicellular stages
D. Multicellular stages
2. Which of the following undergo alternation of generations?
A. Animals
B. Humans
C. Microorganisms
D. Plants
3. Which stage wherein plants produce spores first before forming the
gametes?
A. Gametogenesis
B. Meiosis
C. Mitosis
D. Sporization
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Additional Activities
Directions: List down the developmental stages of human and describe briefly
every stage.
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