Asexual Reproduction
Asexual Reproduction: Overview
In this topic, we will study the concept of asexual reproduction in animals. We will learn about the process of fission, budding and the idea of regeneration. Furthermore, diagrams are also provided here for a better understanding.
Important Questions on Asexual Reproduction
The desirable characters of parents can be retained in offspring by
'X' is an asexual mode of reproduction in organisms. Here, the nucleus of the organism divides repeatedly to form a number of equal-sized daughter nuclei and each daughter nuclei break away together with a small portion of the cytoplasm. It is found in Plasmodium. The type of reproduction mentioned as 'X' is
'X' mode of reproduction is the process of producing new organism from a single parent without the involvement of sex cells. Four modes of this type of reproduction are 'A' in Amoeba, 'B' in Spirogyra, 'C' in Planaria and 'D' in Hydra. The mode of reproduction used by Amoeba is _____. (Fragmentation/Binary fission)
Hydra and planaria exhibit regeneration.
Regeneration is carried out by specialised cells.
In which artificial method of vegetative propagation, scion and stock is involved.
Binary fission and Budding are the examples of _____ reproduction.
Which of the following animal can be categorised as an oviparous animal?
In each hydra, there may be one or more bulges which develop into new individuals. These bulges are called as _____.
All the animals follow the _____ mode of nutrition.
Plasmodium divides into many daughter cells simultaneously by _____ fission.
Which of the following organisms reproduce asexually?
Name the thread like non-reproductive structures present in Rhizopus.
Name the following:
'Blobs' that develop at the tips of the non-reproductive threads in Rhizopus.
Which part of Bryophyllum plant helps it to multiply vegetatively?
Explain how these structures protect themselves and what is the function of the structures released from the 'blobs' in Rhizopus.
When a broken piece of the stem of a plant X is planted in the soil, a new plant grows from it in a week's time. The leaves of plant X also have many small entities Y in their margins which can fall to the ground alone or along with leaves and grow into new plants.
Name a common plant grown in many homes which can be propagated from its broken stems like plant X. (Money plant/ Basil plant/ Aloe Vera)
Write the missing correlated terms:
Rhizome : ginger : : _____ : potato
Write the missing correlated term:
Sugarcane: cutting :: Forsythia: _____.
