Asexual plant reproduction

What cloning technique is used mainly on fruit trees?

• runners

• grafting

• tubers

• cutting

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Which of these cloning techniques can be used with either stems or roots?

• rhizomes

• grafting

• cutting

• bulb

Cloning is a form of what type of reproduction?

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What do tubers, bulbs, and runners have in common?

• They are all below ground

• They all store nutrients

• They are all edible

• They are all modifications of stems

Garlic is an example of a ______________

• bulb

• tuber

• cutting

• sprout

Tubers are large roots

• True

• False

You will get a different kind of apple tree if you use the seeds from a grafted apple tree.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which 2 ways can grasses spread? (pick 2!)

• rhizomes

• tubers

• runners

• bulbs

Which 2 structures are modified stems that store nutrients? (pick 2!)

• rhizomes

• tubers

• runners

• cuttings

• bulbs

Which method is where a plant spreads by using creeping stems that stay above the ground and root periodically?

• tubers

• grafts

• rhizomes

• runners