Lesson 4.6.1.1

4.6.1.1 Sexual and asexual reproduction Quiz: AQA Biology, Unit 6

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The 20 questions

  1. What type of cells fuse together during sexual reproduction?

    • Somatic cells
    • Gametes
    • Clones
    • Stem cells
  2. What are the female gametes in flowering plants?

    • Pollen grains
    • Spore cells
    • Sperm cells
    • Egg cells
  3. Asexual reproduction involves how many parents?

    • Two
    • None
    • One
    • Three or more
  4. Which type of cell division produces offspring during asexual reproduction?

    • Binary fission
    • Mitosis
    • Fertilisation
    • Meiosis
  5. What does the mixing of genetic information in sexual reproduction lead to in offspring?

    • Identical genes
    • Variety
    • Uniformity
    • Clones
  6. Which process forms the gametes used in sexual reproduction?

    • Photosynthesis
    • Binary fission
    • Meiosis
    • Mitosis
  7. What term describes genetically identical offspring produced by asexual reproduction?

    • Hybrids
    • Zygotes
    • Gametes
    • Clones
  8. Which type of reproduction relies solely on cell division by mitosis?

    • Sexual reproduction
    • Asexual reproduction
    • Meiotic reproduction
    • Binary fertilisation
  9. Which two gametes fuse during sexual reproduction in animals?

    • Embryo and egg
    • Sperm and egg
    • Sperm and pollen
    • Pollen and egg
  10. A daffodil plant reproduces by bulb division. What type of reproduction is this?

    • Meiotic division
    • Gamete fusion
    • Asexual reproduction
    • Sexual reproduction
  11. Replacing damaged skin cells in the body relies on which type of cell division?

    • Gamete fusion
    • Meiosis
    • Fertilisation
    • Mitosis
  12. Which type of cell division produces non-identical cells leading to genetic variation?

    • Meiosis
    • Mitosis
    • Budding
    • Binary fission
  13. Which process in flowering plants involves the fusion of male and female gametes?

    • Asexual reproduction
    • Mitotic cloning
    • Sexual reproduction
    • Binary fission
  14. Which process occurs in sexual reproduction but never in asexual reproduction?

    • Cell division
    • Fusion of gametes
    • DNA replication
    • Growth of offspring
  15. How much genetic variation is present among offspring produced by asexual reproduction?

    • Moderate variation
    • None
    • Continuous variation
    • High variation
  16. Which cell division process produces genetically identical cells for growth and asexual reproduction?

    • Fertilisation
    • Meiosis
    • Gametogenesis
    • Mitosis
  17. Which term describes genetically identical offspring produced asexually?

    • Mutants
    • Hybrids
    • Clones
    • Gametes
  18. How many parents are required for sexual reproduction to take place?

    • One
    • Two
    • Three
    • Four
  19. What male gamete in flowering plants fuses with an egg cell during sexual reproduction?

    • Pollen cell
    • Spore cell
    • Sperm cell
    • Zygote cell
  20. How many parent organisms are involved in asexual reproduction?

    • Three
    • Two
    • Four
    • One

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