3.3.2.23 Reproduction - Sexual and Asexual - Post stations

Which of these occurs in sexual reproduction but not in asexual reproduction?

• The genetic information is identical to the parents

• The offspring are made of cells

• The genetic information comes from the parents but is not identical

• The offspring inherit traits from the parents

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A plant breeder is MOST likely to produce offspring with new combinations of traits by...

• Cutting one leaf from a plant and placing the leaf in moist soil

• exchanging grains of pollen between two different colored roses

• grafting a branch from an apple tree onto the branch of a pear tree

• taking the young plants that grow on the runners of a strawberry plant

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Compared with the genetic material of the original cell in the diagram above, each of the two new cells contains —

• half the genetic material of the parent

• twice as much genetic material as the parent cell

• genetic material that is identical to the parent cell

• new genetic material that is different from the parent cell

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In one student's family, two of the children have curly hair, one child has wavy hair, and the fourth child has straight hair. Which of these processes is responsible for the variety of hair texture in this family?

• binary fission

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• vegetative propagation

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During asexual reproduction in paramecia, a single paramecium becomes two new paramecia. The genetic material of the new paramecia is usually —

• identical to the original

• half the amount of the original

• double the amount of the original

• similar to the original

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Which of the following is an advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

• It allows the offspring species to look just like the parent species.

• It ensures that all offspring will survive if disease strikes.

• It makes species more able to adapt to environmental changes.

• It passes genetic information from one parent to one offspring.

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Which of the following would result in the most diverse offspring?

• bees bringing pollen from the flower of one plant to the flower of an another

• an orchid with a flower structure that forces self-pollination

• planting a cutting from a potato to grow a new potato plant

• a plant that grows a bud and eventually falls off, that looks exactly like the parent

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Four puppies in the same litter have different hair color than the mother dog. Which of the following processes is responsible for the variety of hair color in this litter?

• asexual reproduction

• binary fission

• regeneration

• sexual reproduction

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Reproduction processes can produce offspring similar to and different from the parent organisms. Which of the following would produce the most similar offspring?

• cutting a portion of a potato that contains an eye or bud and planting it in a vegetable garden

• butterflies bringing pollen from one wildflower plant to another plant as they gather nectar

• a scientist that cross-pollinates bean plants by transfer pollen from one flower to another

• a bee collecting pollen from one flower to delivering it to other flowers within a field.

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During asexual reproduction, a single algae cell becomes two new algae cells. The genetic material in each of the daughter cells is usually —

• twice the number of genes

• the same number of genes

• totally different from the parent cell

• half the number of genes

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