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8Bb-3
Sexual and asexual
reproduction
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Class
Date
1 a Plants A and B are the same species.
What does this mean? Tick () the
best answer.
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They are both the same type of plant.
They both belong to the plant kingdom.
They both grew from the same seed.
They are both hybrids.
b One plant was produced by sexual reproduction and one by asexual reproduction.
Which one plant was produced by asexual reproduction?
c Explain your choice for part b.
d What type of variation is there between plants A and B. Tick () one.
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none
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 environmental
inherited
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variable
2 The drawing on the right shows a plant that has been produced from a
cutting.
a Is this sexual or asexual reproduction?
b What part of the parent plant has been used to produce the new
plant?
3 Use some of the words from the box to complete the following passage.
In
reproduction, each parent produces a special type of cell called
a
. These cells join together and their nuclei
process called
. This forms a
then grow and develop and form an
in a
egg cell. This cell can
. This process produces offspring that
can all look different from one another; an example of
asexual
fuse
embryo
gamete
variation.
environmental
fertilisation
hybrid
hybridisation
parent
plant
inherited
sexual
I can…
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recall the differences between sexual and asexual reproduction
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recall examples of asexual reproduction in plants.
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