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Reproduction Quiz

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 5hrs 51mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which statement is true of all living things?

a)

They have two parents

b)

They are exact copies of their parents

c)

They come from other living things

d)

They young look like small adults

2.

Which is the result of genetic variation in a new generation of organisms?

a)

Sexual reproduction involving two parents

b)

Sexual reproduction involving one parent

c)

Asexual reproduction involving two parents

d)

Asexual reproduction involving one parent

3.

Which statement correctly describes the result of mitosis?

a)

A cell divides to form two new cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell.

b)

Two cells combine to form a genetically different cell.

c)

A cell divides to form two new cells, each with the same number of chromosomes as the parent.

d)

A cell divides to form two new cells, each with double the number of chromosomes of the parent.

4.

What is an important advantage of asexual reproduction?

a)

It creates new genetic combination

b)

Each offspring is different from its parents

c)

It readily adapts to environmental changes

d)

It insures there will be genetic continuity.

5.

Which process of cell division produces two identical cells from the original cell?

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

genetics

d)

reproduction

6.

A human cell contains 46 chromosomes. If the cell undergoes meiosis and divides, how many chromosomes will each daughter cell contain?

a)

None

b)

46

c)

23

d)

92

7.

Where are the instructions for the inherited traits of an organism found?

a)

X chromosome

b)

RNA molecule

c)

DNA molecule

d)

Y chromosome

8.

Which of these is an example of sexual reproduction?

a)

An earthworm grows a new segment

b)

An egg is fertilized by a sperm

c)

Bacteria cells divide

d)

A new plant develops from an old one.

9.

Paramecia ususally reproduce asexually. Fish reproduce sexually. Suppose the environmental conditions change in the pond they live in. What advantage will the fish population have over the paramecium population?

a)

Sexual reproduction decreases the genetic variability in the fish populations.

b)

Sexual reproduction limits the spread of harmful characteristics in fish populations.

c)

Sexual reproduction allows populations to adapt to new conditions over fewer generations.

d)

Sexual reproduction produces offspring that are identical to the parents.

10.

Using the picture below, what type of reproduction is shown?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Respiration

c)

Asexual reproduction

d)

Sexual reproduction

e)

Spontaneous generation

11.

What is the form of reproduction in which cells from two different parents unite to form a new offspring?

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Monerans

c)

Asexual reproduction

d)

Homeostasis

12.

What type of reproduction produces an offspring identical to a single parent?

a)

Primary reproduction

b)

Secondary reproduction

c)

Asexual reproduction

d)

Sexual reproduction

13.

In what way are the processes of asexual and sexual reproduction similar?

a)

Both produce an offspring

b)

Both require two parents

c)

Both produce genetically identical offspring

d)

Both require fertilization

14.

How can parent and daughter cells be compared in mitosis and meiosis?

Think about the results in terms of the number of chromosomes in each cell after mitosis or meiosis.

a)

They are identical in both mitosis and meiosis

b)

They are identical in meiosis, but differ in mitosis

c)

They are identical in mitosis, but differ in meiosis

d)

They are different in both mitosis and meiosis.

15.

What is the process of meiosis?

Choose the best answer.

a)

Splitting cells apart

b)

Coping DNA

c)

Cell division of skin cells

d)

Cell division of reproductive cells

16.

What is the special kind of cell division in which sex cells are produced with half as many chromosomes?

a)

Meiosis

b)

Cell reproduction

c)

Mitosis

d)

Cell division

17.

Which process of cell division creates haploid cells?

a)

Meiosis

b)

Mitosis

18.

What is one advantage of asexual reproduction?

a)

Limits the spread of detrimental characteristics

b)

Increases the spread of detrimental characteristics

c)

Can lead to the gradual extinction of a species

d)

Allows for variations within a species

19.

What is one advantage of sexual reproduction?

a)

Maintains genetic continuity over many generations

b)

Limits the adaptive characteristics of a species

c)

Allows for variations or new combinations of traits

d)

Limits the spread of detrimental characteristics

20.

Because individual organisms do not live forever, what is one reason organisms must reproduce?

a)

Create varied phenotypes

b)

Develop new combinations of traits

c)

Continue their species

d)

Provide behaviors to be learned

21.

What characterizes asexual reproduction?

a)

Method that the most complex organisms use to reproduce

b)

Two organisms make one

c)

Passing of hybrid traits

d)

Providing genetic continuity

22.

What is the unit of inheritance passed from parents to offspring known as?

a)

Thyamine

b)

Mutations

c)

Genes

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