Asexual Reproduction Pop Quiz

In plants, asexual reproduction is most likely to occur through the:

• seeds

• roots

• flowers

• leaves

After removing a cutting from a parent plant, farmers usually:

• fertilize the cutting only

• replace the parent plant with the new cutting

• plant the cutting in a different location

• discard (throw away) the cutting

A clone has __________ chromosomes as its parent.

• half the number of

• double the number of

• half of the same

• the same exact

Genetically, two trees in a single poplar grove (field of trees) are like which human relationship?

• identical twins

• mom and dad

• parent and child

• brother and sister

When a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell, the genes in both cells:

• combine

• replicate

• divide

• change

Which is true of eukaryotic organisms?

• They all reproduce asexually.

• They are all plants.

• They are all animals.

• They all have cells with a nucleus.

Which of these organisms reproduces through binary fission?

• starfish

• bacteria

• hydra

• coral

The offspring of a budding organism starts as a(n):

• growth on the parent's body

• colony of clones

• cutting from the parent

• unfertilized egg cell

Regeneration is a mechanism for:

• movement

• communication

• defense

• healing

Which example of regeneration is also considered reproduction?

• a starfish regrows a missing arm

• a worm cut in half grows into two separate worms

• a deer grows a new antler to replace a broken one

• a lizard's tail falls off and a new one grows back