Genetics Unit Test

All living things are created through a process called ________. 

• growth

• respiration

• reproduction

• osmosis

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Choose the diagram the best represents ASEXUAL reproduction.

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 The offspring from asexually reproduced organisms are ______.

• different from their parents.

• identical to parents.

• a combination of both parents.

• a different species.

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Yeast cells splitting into new cells is a type of ______ reproduction?

• asexual

• sexual

• both

• neither

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When pieces of a plant fall to the ground, take root and become a new plant, what type of reproduction has occured?

• budding

• binary fission

• regeneration

• vegetative propagation

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In which type of asexual reproduction does a part of the parent organism grows a bud that stays attached until fully developed. It then breaks away from parent as a new smaller, identical organism?

• budding

• binary fission

• regeneration

• vegetative propagation

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In which type of asexual reproduction does  a parent cell divides to form two identical offspring cells usually prokaryotes?

• budding

• binary fission

• regeneration

• vegetative propagation

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In many fish species, the female digs a small hole in which to lay her eggs. Later, the male visits and fertilizes the eggs. This is ..........

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• both

• neither

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When sperm and egg cells produce fertilized eggs....will the offspring be uniform or diverse?

• uniform

• diverse

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How does the Whip-tail Lizard reproduce?

All whiptail lizards are females. They are able to reproduce without a male to fertilize the eggs (parthenogenesis). All of their female offspring are identical to the parents.

• asexually

• sexually

• both ways

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