Chapter 12:
Reproduction
Practice Test
1.
What is a life cycle in organisms that switches between haploid and diploid stages?
a.
alternation of generations
b.
budding
c.
asexual reproduction
d.
fragmentation
Hint
2.
What is a type of reproduction in which there is only one parent?
a.
reproduction by spores
b.
asexual reproduction
c.
conjugation
d.
sexual reproduction
Hint
3.
What is the transfer of pollen from an anther to a carpel?
a.
fertilization
b.
fragmentation
c.
pollination
d.
germination
Hint
4.
What type of haploid cells develop into haploid organisms?
a.
somatic cells
b.
spores
c.
ova
d.
sperm
Hint
5.
Which of these is NOT a way in which seeds of flowering plants are usually spread?
a.
by mailing in an envelope
b.
by getting tangled in animal fur
c.
by drifting on ocean currents
d.
by wind blowing across a prairie
Hint
6.
What is another name for external fertilization of many aquatic animals?
a.
menstruation
b.
swimming
c.
spawning
d.
pollination
Hint
7.
Which of these is a part of the male reproductive organs of a flowering plant?
a.
ovary
b.
petals
c.
anther
d.
carpels
Hint
8.
What are cells that carry just one set of chromosomes?
a.
body cells
b.
diploid
c.
triploid
d.
haploid
Hint
9.
Some people are unable to conceive a child in the normal way. What is a method of sexual reproduction in which sperm and eggs are fertilized in a culture dish in a laboratory?
a.
in vivo fertilization
b.
adoption
c.
foster care
d.
in vitro fertilization
Hint
10.
What is a group of cells or an entire organism produced through asexual reproduction?
a.
pollen
b.
flower
c.
ovum
d.
clone
Hint
