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1. Cell A and cell B are both in the final stages of cell
division. Which one represents budding?
4. Which diagram best shows the process of binary
fission in an ameba?
1)
2)
1)
2)
3)
4)
cell A, only
cell B, only
both cell A and cell B
neither cell A nor cell B
3)
2. Which method of reproduction is shown in the
diagram below?
4)
1) stem cutting
3) tuber formation
2) budding
4) sporulation
3. Which reproductive method is involved in the production of new organisms by all of the species shown
below?
1) budding
3) artificial selection
2) inbreeding
4) vegetative propagation
5. In an attempt to reduce the population of starfish
feeding on clams, fishermen cut into pieces and
threw overboard any starfish that they caught. The
following season there were more starfish than
before. This increase in population was most likely
the result of
1)
2)
3)
4)
regeneration
vegetative propagation
binary fission
budding
6. Diagrams A and B represent two cells in the final
stage of cell division.
Which processes occur in regions 1 and 2 in these
cells?
1) synthesis of a cell plate at 1, pinching in of
the cell membrane at 2
2) pinching in of the cell membrane at 1, synthesis
of a cell plate at 2
3) replication of a chromatid at 1, spindle
apparatus joining the nuclear membrane with
the cell membrane at 2
4) spindle apparatus joining the nuclear
membrane with the cell membrane at 1,
replication of a chromatid at 2
7. The number in each circle below represents the chromosome number of the cell. Which diagram
represents the production of offspring by an asexually reproducing organism
1)
2)
3)
4)
8. Compared to the parent cell, a daughter cell
produced as a result of binary fission
1)
2)
3)
4)
has one-half as many chromosomes
has twice as many chromosomes
is the same size, but has fewer chromosomes
is smaller but has the same number of
chromosomes
9. Organelles that play a role in mitotic division in
animal cells but not in plant cells are
1) centrioles
3) cell plates
2) chromatids
4) chromosomes
10. Each of the two daughter cells that results from the
normal mitotic division of the original parent cell
contains
1) the same number of chromosomes but has
genes different from those of the parent cell
2) the same number of chromosomes and
genes identical to those of the parent cell
3) one-half the number of chromosomes but has
genes different from those of the parent cell
4) one-half the number of chromosomes but has
genes identical to those of the parent cell.
Answer Key
Mitosis & Asexual reproduction quiz
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