Biology Quiz 2 Unit 4

Front 1

asexual reproduction in which a single cell divides into two with no exchange of genetic material; reproduction method of bacteria

Back 1

binary fission

Front 2

asexual reproduction where a part of an older organism grows into a new individual

Back 2

budding

Front 3

central portion of a starfish

Back 3

central disk

Front 4

group of organisms attached to one another after undergoing asexual reproduction from a common parent

Back 4

colony

Front 5

special kind of asexual spore found in many kinds of fungi

Back 5

conidia

Front 6

kind of asexual reproduction where a single cell undergoes many mitotic divisions

Back 6

multiple fission

Front 7

the act of propagating or establishing and growing new plants

Back 7

propagation

Front 8

one or few celled organisms with chromosomes

Back 8

protist

Front 9

phenomenon in which organisms break into two or more parts and each part grows into a new individual

Back 9

regeneration

Front 10

small, resistant cell that can grow into a new organism

Back 10

spore

Front 11

four principal advantages of asexual reproduction

Back 11

reproduction at a fast rate, reproduction in harsh climate, reproduction with only one parent, reproduction genetically of identical offspring

Front 12

simplest form of asexual reproduction

Back 12

binary fission

Front 13

refers to the appearance of buds or roots from tissue which is not bud or root tissue

Back 13

adventitious

Front 14

plant structure with enlarged leaf bases

Back 14

bulb

Front 15

a short, solid enlarged underground stem used for food storage and asexual reproduction

Back 15

corm

Front 16

spore developed by mitosis

Back 16

mitospore

Front 17

a horizontal stem at or just beneath the surface of the ground

Back 17

rhizome

Front 18

fleshy, enlarged stem of a rhizome or stolon

Back 18

tuber

Front 19

plant which has conductive tissues in it

Back 19

vascular plant