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Reproduction and Growth Practice

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An inherited trait that helps an organism survive in its environment is called a(n) ____________________.

a)

inheritance

b)

gene

c)

offspring

d)

chromosome

e)

adaptation

2.

What is the best example of a behavioral adaptation?

a)

human sweating

b)

opossum playing dead

c)

a cheetah's stripes

d)

sharp claws on an alligator

e)

a green frog

3.

What is the best example of a functional adaptation?

a)

long neck on a giraffe

b)

birds migrating

c)

red ladybug

d)

bear hibernating

e)

human sweating

4.

What is the best example of a structural adaptation?

a)

dog shedding

b)

hunting at night

c)

green snake

d)

human sweating

e)

a cat hissing

5.

A penguin having webbed feet is an example of a ___________________________.

a)

structural adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

c)

functional adaptation

6.

A raccoon hunting at night is an example of a _________________________.

a)

structural adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

c)

functional adaptation

7.

A human shivering and getting goosebumps when it is very cold outside is an example of a _______________________.

a)

structural adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

c)

functional adaptation

8.

The type of reproduction that requires two parents and produces an offspring that looks different than the parents is called ____________________.

a)

sexual reproduction

b)

asexual reproduction

9.

The type of reproduction that requires one parent and produces an offspring that looks identical to the parent is called __________________.

a)

sexual reproduction

b)

asexual reproduction

10.

What type of asexual reproduction is when an adult organism releases tiny structures that contain an identical copy of its DNA?

a)

vegetative propagation

b)

spores

c)

budding

11.

What type of asexual reproduction is when a smaller version of the parent organism grows out of the parent?

a)

vegetative propagation

b)

spores

c)

budding

12.

What type of asexual reproduction is when a new plant grows out of a part of a parent plant?

a)

vegetative propagation

b)

budding

c)

spores

13.

What is it called when a the male and female sex cells unite to form a seed?

a)

pistil

b)

fertilization

c)

sepals

d)

pollination

e)

anther

14.

What is the process of fertilizing flowers by transferring pollen from the male parts to the female parts of the flower?

a)

pistil

b)

fertilization

c)

sepals

d)

pollination

e)

anther

15.

The part of the flower that produces the pollen is called the _______________.

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

pistil

d)

petals

e)

sepals

16.

Colorful structures arranged in a circle around the top of a stem are called ______________.

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

pistil

d)

petals

e)

sepals

17.

Modified leaves that encase a developing flower are called __________.

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

pistil

d)

sepals

e)

petals

18.

The female reproductive organ in the flower is called the ________________.

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

pistil

d)

petal

e)

sepals

19.

The male reproductive organ of the flower is called the _________________.

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

pistil

d)

petal

e)

sepals

20.

The growth of a plant toward a light source is called _____________.

a)

gravitropism

b)

phototropism

c)

thigmotropism

21.

The growth of a plant in response to gravity is called ______________.

a)

gravitropism

b)

phototropism

c)

thigmotropism

22.

The growth of a plant around an object or up a wall is called ______________.

a)

gravitropism

b)

thigmotropism

c)

phototropism

23.

What part of the plant is this pointing to?

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

petal

d)

sepal

e)

pistil

24.

What part of the plant is it pointing to?

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

petal

d)

pistil

e)

sepal

25.

What part of the plant is this pointing to?

a)

anther

b)

pistil

c)

sepal

d)

petal

e)

stamen

26.

What part of the plant is this pointing to?

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

petal

d)

pistil

e)

sepal

27.

What part of the plant is this pointing to?

a)

anther

b)

stamen

c)

pistil

d)

petal

e)

sepal