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6. What is the function of a sepal in a plant?

  • To protect the ovaries
  • To provide pollen for insects
  • To attract insects
  • To create smells
  • To form a waterproof coating

7. Self pollination is the same as asexual reproduction

  • False
  • True

8. Which type of plant produces more pollen?

  • Wind-pollinated
  • Insect-pollinated

9. In fertilisation, a male and female gamete (sex cell) fuse to form a ____

  • Diploid
  • Zygote
  • Haploid
  • Fetus

10. Pollination is the equivelant of fertilisation in plants

  • False
  • True

11. The offspring of asexual reproduction are known as "clones" to their parent plant

  • True
  • False

12. Which part of the flower becomes the fruit when all the ovules have been fertilised?

  • Stigma
  • Petal
  • Ovary
  • Sepal
  • Ovule

13. A plant breeder desparately needs to get more plants from the few dozen he has left. What type of reproduction should he use to get the most plants in the least time?

  • Asexual
  • Sexual

14. Variation in species can be caused by...?

  • Both of the above
  • Genes
  • The Environment

15. Which of these genetic makeups would represent a heterozygous makeup? (D = dominant, d = recessive)

  • dd
  • Dd
  • DD

16. How many recessive alleles are required in a pair of alleles for it to be effective?

  • Two
  • One
  • Zero

17. If a pair of alleles had one recessive gene and one dominant gene, the phenotype of the organism would have the features of which allele?

  • The dominant allele
  • The recessive allele
  • A combination of both genes

18. From two parents, the chance of the offspring having blonde hair is 25%. What is the phenotypic ratio for this?

  • 1:1
  • 1:25
  • 1:4
  • 1:3
  • 1:2

19. To determine whether a tall plant has the genetic make up Tt or TT, we carry out a test cross by breeding it with a short plant (tt). If no short plants are produced as offspring, what must be the genetic makeup of the tall parent plant be?

  • TT
  • tT
  • Tt
  • tt

20. Where are egg cells produced in female humans?

  • Uterus Wall
  • Oviduct
  • Ovary
  • Testes
  • Cervix