How Do Organisms Reproduce

QUESTIONS
1. What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
2. Why is variation beneficial to the species but not necessarily for the individual?
3. What of tissueculture?
4. How does binary fission differ from multiple fission?
5. How will an organism be benefited if it reproduces through spores?
6. Can you think of reasons why more complex organisms cannot give rise to new
individuals through regeneration?
7. Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing some types of plants?
8. Why is DNA copying an essential part of the process of reproduction?
9. How is the process of pollination different from fertilization?
10. What is the role of the seminal vesicles and the prostate gland?
11. What are the changes seen in girls at the time of puberty?
12. How does the embryo get nourishment inside the mothers body?
13. If a woman is using a copper-T, will it help in protecting from sexually
transmitted diseases?
14. Asexual reproduction takes place through budding in:
(a) Amoeba (b) Yeast
(c) Plasmodium (d) Leishmania
15. Which of the following is not a part of the female reproductive system in human
being?
(a) Ovary
(b) Uterus
(c) Vas deferens
(d) Fallopian tube
16. The anther contains:
(a) Sepals
(b) ovules
(c) Carpel
(d) Pollen grains
17. What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
18. What are the functions performed by the testis in human beings?
19. Why does menstruation occur?
20. Draw a labeled diagram of the Longitudinal section of a flower.
21. What are the different methods of contraception?
22. How are the modes for reproduction different in unicellular and multicellular
organisms?
23. How does reproduction help in providing stability to populations of species?
24. What could be the reasons for adopting contraceptive methods?
Multiple choice Questions
1. The group of petals is called:
(a) Sepals
(b) Stamen
(c) Corolla
(d) Calyx
2. Fragmentation is seen in:
(a) Frog
(b) Starfish
(c) Grasshopper
(d) Crow
3. Which of the following is not essential for the individual but for the race?
(a) Digestion (b) Reproduction
(c) Respiration
(d) pigeo
4. Which one of the following is a hermaphrodite?
(a) Hydra
(b) Planaria
(c) Cockroach
(d) Pigeon
5. Maize is usually:
(a)Cross pollinated by rain
(b) Self pollinated
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(d) Cross pollinated by wind
6. Which of the following is birth control measure?
(a) IUCD
(b) Vasectomy
(c) Tubectomy
(d) All of the above
7. Laparoscopy is:
(a) Tubal legation
(b) Vasectomy (c) Tubectomy (d) All of the above
8. Which of the following is sexually transmitted disease?
(a) AIDS
(b) Goitre
(c) Fever
(d) pellagra
9. Stem cutting are commonly used for propagation in:
(a) Cotton
(b) Mango
(c) Sugarcane
(d) Banana
10. Edible part of onion is:
(a) Root
(b) Bulb
(c) Underground stem
(d) Fleshy leaves

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