CBSE Class 12 Biology Reproduction In Organisms Worksheet Set 04

Very Short Answer Questions

Question. Why is banana considered a good example of parthenocarpy?
Answer. In banana, formation of fruit occurs without fertilisation, and thus there is no formation of seeds.
So, it is considered a good example of parthenocarpy.

Question. Name an organism where cell division is itself a mode of reproduction. 
Answer. Protists/Monerans/Amoeba/Paramecium (any unicellular organism).

Question. Cucurbits and papaya plants bear staminate and pistillate flowers. Mention the categories they are put under separately on the basis of the type of flowers they bear. 
Answer. Cucurbit is a monoecious plant having staminate and pistillate flowers on the same plant. Papaya has staminate and pistillate flowers on separate plants and hence it is dioecious.

Question. Name two animals that exhibit oestrus cycle. 
Answer. Cow, sheep and rat (Any two).

Question. Examine a few flowers of any Cucurbit plant and try to identify the staminate and pistillate flowers. Do you know any other plant that bears unisexual flowers?
Answer. A staminate or male flower has only stamens and no carpel. A pistillate flower has only carpel and no stamens. Plants that bear unisexual flowers are papaya and date palm.

Question. Rearrange the following events of sexual reproduction in the sequence in which they occur in a flowering plant: embryogenesis, fertilisation, gametogenesis, pollination.
Answer. Gametogenesis, pollination, fertilisation, embryogenesis.

Short Answer Questions

Question. (a) State the difference between meiocyte and gamete with respect to chromosome number.
(b) Why is a whiptail lizard referred to as parthenogenetic? 
Answer. (a) Meiocytes contain diploid sets of chromosomes whereas gametes contain haploid sets of chromosomes.
(b) Whiptail lizard reproduces without fertilisation, i.e., an unfertilised egg develops into a new individual. Therefore, they are referred to as parthenogenetic.

Question. Angiosperms bearing unisexual flowers are said to be either monoecious or dioecious. Explain with the help of one example each. 
Answer. In some flowering plants, both male and female flowers may be present on the same individual (monoecious) or on separate individuals (dioecious). Some examples of onoecious plants areCucurbits and coconuts and of dioecious plants are papaya and date palm.

Question. Why do algae and fungi shift to sexual mode of reproduction just before the onset of adverse conditions? 
Answer. Algae and fungi shift to sexual mode of reproduction for survival during unfavourable conditions.
Fusion of gametes helps to pool their resources for survival. The zygote develops a thick wall that is resistant to dessication and damage which undergoes a period of rest before germination.

Question. A list of three flowering plants is given below. Which ones out of them are (i) monoecious and (ii) bearing pistillate flowers?
List: Date palm, Cucurbits and Pea. 
Answer. (i) Monoecious plant—Cucurbits
(ii) Bearing pistillate flowers—Date palm, Cucurbits.

Question. If the chromosome numbers in meiocytes of human beings, rat, elephant, rice, butterfly and onion are 46, 42, 56, 24, 380 and 32, respectively. What will be the chromosome numbers in gametes of these species? 
Answer. The chromosome numbers in the gametes of these species will be Human beings = 23, rat = 21, elephant = 28, rice = 12, butterfly = 190 and onion = 16.

Question. Zygote forms the major link between one generation and those of the next generation organism. What is the fate of zygote in organisms which show:
(i) haplontic life cycle and (ii) diplontic life cycle?
Answer. (i) Zygote of haplontic life cycle divides meiotically to form new organisms.
(ii) Zygote of diplontic life cycle divides mitotically during embryogenesis to form embryo and then individual.

Question. The cell division involved in gamete formation is not of the same type in different organisms. Justify. 
Answer. The parents may be haploid or diploid but the gametes always have to be haploid. Diploid parents undergo meiosis to produce haploid gametes, whereas haploid parents undergo mitosis to produce haploid gametes.

Long Answer Questions

Question. 

(i) State the type of gametes shown in the diagram. (Image)
(ii) Identify the process taking place and the resultant structure.
(iii) Name an organism that reproduces in this manner.
(iv) Label (c) and (d).

Question. Differentiate between (a) oestrus and menstrual cycles; (b) ovipary and vivipary. Cite an example for each type.
Answer.

Question. Define (i) Juvenile phase, (ii) Reproductive phase, (iii) Senescent phase.
Answer. (i) Juvenile phase: It is the pre-reproductive phase in which all organisms require a certain growth and maturity in the life before reproducing sexually.
(ii) Reproductive phase is the phase in the life cycle, where an organism possess all the capacity and potential to reproduce sexually. It is the end of juvenile phase or vegetative phase.
(iii) Senescent phase is the post-reproductive phase in the life cycle where an organism slowly loses the rate of metabolism, reproductive potential and shows deterioration of the
physiological activity of the body.

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