Thinking Process

Reproduction is a biological process in which an organism gives rise to young ones (offspring) having some resemblance with itself. If enables the continuity of the species, generation after generation.

Answer (c) In both types of reproduction (asexual and sexual) there is transfer of genetic material from parent (s) to their young ones which have some resemblances with their parents.

Reduction division (meiosis) has to occur if a diploid body has to produce haploid gametes that is in case of sexual reproduction only.

Gametic fusion The formation of male and female gametes and their fusion to form the zygote also takes place only in the sexual reproduction.

• Option (a) I and II: This option is incorrect because gametic fusion (I) only occurs in sexual reproduction, not in asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction does not involve the formation and fusion of gametes.

• Option (b) II and III: This option is incorrect because reduction division (III) only occurs in sexual reproduction, not in asexual reproduction. Reduction division (meiosis) is necessary for the formation of haploid gametes in sexual reproduction.

• Option (d) I and III: This option is incorrect because both gametic fusion (I) and reduction division (III) are processes that occur exclusively in sexual reproduction. Neither of these processes takes place in asexual reproduction.

Answer (a) The offsprings that are produced as a result of asexual reproduction are not only identical to one another but are also exact copies of their parent. So, such individuals are called clones. While, in the case of sexual reproduction DNA of both parents (i.e., male and female gametes) is copied and passed on to the offspring after fusion. The offspring, thus formed do not possess exact copies of parental DNA.

• (b) This option is incorrect because, in sexual reproduction, DNA from both parents is combined and passed on to the offspring, not just from one parent.
• (c) This option is incorrect because the timing of offspring formation does not determine whether they are clones or not. Cloning is related to genetic identity, not the time of formation.
• (d) This option is incorrect because, while the DNA of the parent and offspring in sexual reproduction is not identical, it is not completely different. The offspring inherit a combination of DNA from both parents.

Answer (c) Unicellular organisms, have relatively simple organisations. So, the asexual mode of reproduction is common in them. It is so because by asexual reproduction unicellular organisms can multiply very fast. In Amoeba it occurs by binary fission and in yeast by budding to be described first.

In the sexual reproduction, both male and female gametes have to fuse, while in asexual reproduction, cell division takes place.

Heterotrophic organisms (humans, animals and decomposers) can reproduce either asexually or sexually, e.g., in bacteria sexual reproduction occurs via conjugation and asexual reproduction occurs via binary fission.

Uninucleate organisms, like U/va (algae) reproduce asexually by zoospores and sexually by the fusion of gametes.

• (a) Microscopic organisms: Being microscopic does not necessarily determine the mode of reproduction. Both microscopic and macroscopic organisms can reproduce either sexually or asexually depending on their biological characteristics and environmental conditions.

• (b) Heterotrophic organisms: Heterotrophic organisms obtain their food from other organisms. This characteristic does not directly influence the mode of reproduction. Heterotrophic organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually, as seen in various species including bacteria, fungi, and animals.

• (d) Uninucleate organisms: Having a single nucleus (uninucleate) does not dictate the mode of reproduction. Uninucleate organisms can reproduce both sexually and asexually. For example, certain algae reproduce asexually by zoospores and sexually by the fusion of gametes.

Answer (c) Sexual reproduction involves formation of the male and female gametes either by the same individual (e.g., Taenia) or by different individuals of the opposite sex (e.g., rabbit).

These gametes fuse to form the zygote which develops to form the new organism. Meiosis (reduction division) occurs only during sexual reproduction to produce haploid gametes. It is internal fertilisation which occurs during sexual reproduction. In this type egg is formed inside the female body where they fuse with the male gamete.

• (a) I and IV:

  • Statement I is incorrect because sexual reproduction typically involves two individuals, although there are exceptions like self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
  • Statement IV is incorrect because external fertilization is not a rule during sexual reproduction; internal fertilization is also common.

• (b) I and II:

  • Statement I is incorrect because sexual reproduction typically involves two individuals, although there are exceptions like self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

• (d) I and IV:

  • Statement I is incorrect because sexual reproduction typically involves two individuals, although there are exceptions like self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
  • Statement IV is incorrect because external fertilization is not a rule during sexual reproduction; internal fertilization is also common.

Thinking Process

The literary meaning of alternation of generation is one in which one generation follows the other in alternating and repeating manner.

Answer (d) A multicellular gametophyte (gametangia), which is haploid ( $n$ ) alternates with a multicellular sporophyte, which is diploid (2n). A mature sporophyte produces spores (haploid cells) by meiosis, a process which reduces the number of chromosomes to half, from $2 n$ to $n$.

• Option (a) is incorrect: In this type of sexual life cycle, the adult filament of the alga is haploid, meaning both the vegetative cells and the gametangia are haploid. Therefore, it is not possible for the vegetative cells to be haploid and the gametangia to be diploid.

• Option (b) is incorrect: The adult filament of the alga is haploid, so it cannot have diploid vegetative cells. Both the vegetative cells and the gametangia are haploid in this life cycle.

• Option (c) is incorrect: The adult filament of the alga is haploid, so it cannot have diploid vegetative cells. The gametangia are also haploid, not diploid.

Thinking Process

Gametes are formed from the meiotic division of meiocytes. In each gamete only one set of chromosomes gets incorporated.

Answer (c) In female gamete the chromosome number will be same as that of the male gamete (12). A zygote is a fertilised egg/seed which means gametes from the parents have been combined (diploid) and thus, the chromosome number will be 24 (2n).

A seedling is a young plant sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed. So, the chromosome number in the cells of the seedlings will be $24(2 n)$, which will further give rise to new diploid individual.

• Option (a) $12,24,12$: This option is incorrect because the chromosome number in the cells of the seedling should be diploid (24), not haploid (12). The seedling develops from the zygote, which is diploid.

• Option (b) 24, 12, 12: This option is incorrect because the chromosome number in the female gamete should be haploid (12), not diploid (24). Additionally, the chromosome number in the zygote should be diploid (24), not haploid (12).

• Option (d) $24,12,24$: This option is incorrect because the chromosome number in the female gamete should be haploid (12), not diploid (24). The zygote should be diploid (24), but this option incorrectly states it as haploid (12).

Answer (b) External fertilisation occurs outside the body of the organism. It takes place in most aquatic organisms, such as a majority of algae and fishes as well as amphibians. Organisms exhibiting external fertilisation release a large number of gametes in the surrounding medium. (e.g., water) in order to enhance the chances of syngamy.

A major disadvantage is that the offspring are extremely vulnerable to predators threatening their survival upto adulthood.

• Option (a) III and IV:

  • Statement IV is incorrect because offspring formed as a result of external fertilisation have lower chances of survival due to their vulnerability to predators and environmental factors.

• Option (c) II and IV:

  • Statement II is incorrect because organisms exhibiting external fertilisation release a large number of gametes into the medium to increase the chances of fertilisation.
  • Statement IV is incorrect because offspring formed as a result of external fertilisation have lower chances of survival due to their vulnerability to predators and environmental factors.

• Option (d) I and IV:

  • Statement IV is incorrect because offspring formed as a result of external fertilisation have lower chances of survival due to their vulnerability to predators and environmental factors.

Thinking Process

The gynoecium represents the female reproductive part of the flower. The pistil is the free unit of gynoecium. Each pistil is constructed of one to many enrolled leaf-like structures or carpels.

Answer (a) A pistil, (one a many carpels) has three parts, i.e., stigma, style and ovary. Ovary, the swollen part of the pistil contains an angiospermic, ovoid and whitish structure called ovule. Inside ovary it is attached to a parenchymatous cushion called placenta, either singly or in cluster.

• Option (b) is incorrect because statement III is not necessarily true. Each carpel can have more than one ovule, not just one.

• Option (c) is incorrect because statement IV is not necessarily true. A pistil can have more than one carpel, not just one.

• Option (d) is incorrect because both statements III and IV are not necessarily true. Each carpel can have more than one ovule, and a pistil can have more than one carpel.

Answer (b) In case of many terrestrial organisms (including both angiosperms and humans) which exhibit internal fertilisation, syngamy occurs inside the body of the organism to form zygote.

Both the angiosperm and human remains reproductively active throughout their reproductive phase. It means the formation of egg takes place not only once but many times in a lifetime.

In humans, once an egg has been released from ovary, the beating of cilia in the Fallopian tube moves the egg from the ovary to the uterus. So, the egg is considered as motile not stationary.

In flowering plants (angiosperms), the gametes are non-motile cells within gametophytes, but for the fusion to take place the non-motile male gametes are carried to female gamete by pollen-tubes.

• Option (a) II and IV:

  • Reason: The statement “Both the angiosperm egg and human egg are stationary” is incorrect. In humans, the egg is moved from the ovary to the uterus by the beating of cilia in the Fallopian tube, making it motile.

• Option (c) III and IV:

  • Reason: The statement “Both the angiosperm egg and human egg are motile transported” is incorrect. In angiosperms, the gametes are non-motile and are carried to the female gamete by pollen-tubes.

• Option (d) I and IV:

  • Reason: The statement “Eggs of both are formed only once in a lifetime” is incorrect. Both angiosperms and humans remain reproductively active throughout their reproductive phase, meaning the formation of eggs occurs multiple times in a lifetime.

Answer (b) Appearance of vegetative propagules from the nodes of plants such as sugarcane and ginger is mainly because of the nodes having meristematic cells.

These cells are responsible to control the growth and development of tissues and organs in plants. Nodes (present in the modified stems) when come in contact with damp soil or water, they produce roots and gives rise to new plants.

• (a) Nodes are shorter than internodes: The length of nodes and internodes does not directly influence the appearance of vegetative propagules. The key factor is the presence of meristematic cells, not the relative length of these plant parts.

• (c) Nodes are located near the soil: While proximity to soil can facilitate the growth of new plants, it is not the primary reason for the appearance of vegetative propagules. The critical factor is the presence of meristematic cells in the nodes.

• (d) Nodes have non-photosynthetic cells: The ability to produce vegetative propagules is not related to whether the cells are photosynthetic or not. The essential factor is the presence of meristematic cells, which are responsible for growth and development.

Thinking Process

All living things are identified and categorised on the basis of their body design (structuce and function). When we connect this idea of classification to evolution we will find some organisms which have ancient body designs and have not changed much, while the other groups have acquired their particular body designs relatively recently.

Those in the first group are referred to as primitive or lower organisms, while those in the second group are called advanced or higher organisms.

Answer (c) Asexual reproduction (budding) has been found in most primitive animals like Hydra, but over the evolutionary time as the higher or advanced organisms came into existence, they resorted the sexual reproduction as it ensures the genetic recombination that results in variation.

• Option (a) I and III: This option is incorrect because statement III is false. Asexual reproduction is not common in higher groups of organisms; it is more prevalent in lower groups. Higher organisms typically exhibit sexual reproduction.

• Option (b) I and III: This option is also incorrect for the same reason as option (a). Statement III is false because asexual reproduction is not common in higher groups of organisms.

• Option (d) II and III: This option is incorrect because statement III is false. Asexual reproduction is not common in higher groups of organisms; it is more common in lower groups.

Answer (b) In asexual reproduction the offspring that are produced are not only identical to the parent but are also exact copies of their parent. It is because in asexual reproduction there is the involvement of a single parent. So, in this case the genetic variation is not created.

While, in sexual reproduction genetic variation is created and inherited. In sexual reproduction, two parents (opposite sex) having different genetic composition participate in the reproductive process and also involve fusion of male and female gametes, which gives rise to the new individual having genetic composition of both.

• (a) Sexual reproduction is a lengthy process: The length of the reproductive process does not directly contribute to the genetic variation in offspring. The variation arises from the combination of different genetic materials from two parents, not the duration of the process.

• (c) Genetic material comes from parents of two different species: This is incorrect because sexual reproduction typically involves the fusion of gametes from two individuals of the same species. Genetic material from different species would not normally combine to produce viable offspring.

• (d) Greater amount of DNA is involved in sexual reproduction: The amount of DNA involved does not necessarily lead to more variation. The key factor is the combination of different genetic materials from two parents, which introduces variation, rather than the sheer quantity of DNA.

Thinking Process

Hermaphrodite is an organism that has reproductive organs normally associated with both male and female sexes. It is the bisexual condition found in both plants (e.g., rose) and animals (e.g., snail).

Answer (c) Dioecious is the term used to describe unisexual condition. Dioecious organisms are seen in both plants and animals.

Example of dioecious plant- Marchantia

Example of dioecious animal-Cockroach (invertebrate).

• (a) Dioecious (hermaphrodite) organisms are seen only in animals.

  • Incorrect because dioecious organisms are not hermaphrodites; they have distinct male and female individuals. Additionally, dioecious organisms are found in both plants and animals, not just animals.

• (b) Dioecious organisms are seen only in plants.

  • Incorrect because dioecious organisms are found in both plants and animals, not just plants.

• (d) Dioecious organisms are seen only in vertebrates.

  • Incorrect because dioecious organisms are found in both vertebrates and invertebrates. For example, the cockroach, an invertebrate, is dioecious.

Answer (c) There is no natural death in single celled organisms like Amoeba and bacteria because parental body is distributed among the offspring. In such organisms, reproduction occur by cell division where a cell (parent) divides into two halves and each rapidly grows into an adult (offspring).

• (a) They cannot reproduce sexually: This is incorrect because the mode of reproduction (sexual or asexual) does not directly relate to the concept of natural death. Single-celled organisms like Amoeba and bacteria primarily reproduce asexually, but this does not explain the absence of natural death.

• (b) They reproduce by binary fission: While it is true that these organisms reproduce by binary fission, this statement alone does not explain the absence of natural death. The key reason is that the parental body is distributed among the offspring, which is not captured by this option.

• (d) They are microscopic: The size of the organism (being microscopic) is irrelevant to the concept of natural death. The absence of natural death in single-celled organisms is due to the way their bodies are distributed during reproduction, not their size.

Answer (d) There is a large diversity in the biological world and each organism has evolved its own mechanism to multiply and produce offspring. The type of reproduction adopted by an organism depends on the organism’s habitat, its internal physiology and several other factors.

• Option (a) is incorrect because it only considers the habitat and morphology of the organism, ignoring the crucial aspects of physiology and genetic makeup which also play significant roles in determining the type of reproduction.

• Option (b) is incorrect because it solely focuses on the morphology of the organism, neglecting the importance of the organism’s habitat, physiology, and genetic makeup in the reproductive process.

• Option (c) is incorrect because it only takes into account the morphology and physiology of the organism, but does not consider the organism’s habitat and genetic makeup, which are also essential factors in determining the type of reproduction.

Thinking Process

In asexual reproduction, a single individual (parent) is capable of producing offspring. As a result, the offsprings produced are identical to one another and also to their parent both genetically and morphologically.

Answer (b) Asexual reproduction occurs usually in unicellular organisms by various ways like binary fission, budding, sporulation, etc. In this method, a single parent produces offspring with or without the involvement of gametes.

Members of the kingdom fungi and simple plants reproduce through special asexual reproductive structures like conidia (Penicillium) buds (Hydra) etc. The most common of these structures are zoospores that are microscopic motile structures.

All other options are correct.

• (a) This statement is correct. In asexual reproduction, the offspring produced are indeed morphologically and genetically identical to the parent.

• (c) This statement is correct. In asexual reproduction, a single parent can produce offspring with or without the formation of gametes.

• (d) This statement is correct. Conidia are indeed asexual structures in Penicillium.

Answer (b) Embryo development takes place after the fertilisation, i.e., fusion of male and female gametes $(n)$ result in the formation of zygote (2n). Thus, it is a post fertilisalion event.

Rest of the events takes place before occurrrence of fertilisation, hence are prefertilisation enents.

• (a) Transfer of pollen grains: This is a pre-fertilisation event as it involves the movement of pollen from the anther to the stigma before fertilisation occurs.

• (c) Formation of flower: This is a pre-fertilisation event as the formation of flowers is necessary for the reproductive process to begin, occurring before fertilisation.

• (d) Formation of pollen grains: This is a pre-fertilisation event as pollen grains are produced in the anthers of flowers before fertilisation can take place.

Answer (a) The whole plant body of maize plant including shoot tip cells remains in diploid (2n) condition. As the microspore mother cell is a part of reproductive organ, the chromosome number in these cells will remain same as the individual. i.e., $2 n=20$.

These microspore mother cells are further responsible for producing male gametes, i.e., haploid $(n)$ by reduction division.

• Option (b) 10: This option is incorrect because the microspore mother cells are diploid (2n) and not haploid (n). The number 10 would represent the haploid number of chromosomes, which is not the case for microspore mother cells.

• Option (c) 40: This option is incorrect because it suggests that the microspore mother cells are tetraploid (4n), which is not true for maize plants. The microspore mother cells are diploid (2n), so the chromosome number should be 20, not 40.

• Option (d) 15: This option is incorrect because it does not correspond to any standard ploidy level in maize plants. The microspore mother cells are diploid (2n), and 15 is not a multiple of the haploid number (n=10) in maize.

Answer The characteristics that enable Amoeba and yeast to reproduce asexually, are as follows

(i) Unicellularity

(ii) Simple body organisation

(iii) Uniparental condition

Answer The reproduction is called asexual, when offspring is produced by a single parent with or without the involvement of gamete formation.

As a result, the offspring that are produced are not only similar to one another, but are also exact copies of their parent. Such a group of morphologically and genetically similar individuals is called clone.

Answer Potato tuber is considered as a stem because of the following reasons

(i) The tuber has nodes and internodes.

(ii) Leafy shoots appear from the nodes.

Answer In a lifespan, the organism has to grow and develop (the juvenile phase). After that the organism mature sexually and enter into the reproductive phase, before it undergoes senescence followed by death.

Since, the entire life cycle of an annual plant is shorter and has to be completed in one growing season, its juvenile phase is shorter than that of a perennial plant.

Thinking Process

The gametes need to be formed first of all, pollination ensures their transfer, so that fertilisation can take place. Fertilised zygote divides and differentiates during embryogenesis.

Answer The correct sequence of events of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant are as follows gametogenesis, pollination, fertilisation, embryogenesis.

Answer The probability of fruit set in a self-pollinated bisexual flower of a plant is far greater than a dioecious plant.

In self-pollinated bisexual plants transfer of pollen to stigma of flowers is easier than the dioecious plants. It is so because the anther and stigma lie close to each other and pollination is not effected even in the absence of pollinator. But in dioecious plants pollinator is necessary to bring about effective pollination as the anther and stigma lie away from each other.

Answer No, presence of large number of chromosomes in an organism is not a hindrance to sexual reproduction. Ophioglossum (a fern) has chromosome number 1260, still it can reproduce sexually.

In higher organisms, the chromosomes are present in a compartment called nucleus, within the cell. Whether the number is small or large, the chromosomes are duplicated and then segregated inside this compartment, during cell division. The basis of sexual reproduction is generation of haploid gametes.

Answer There is no relationship between the size and life span of an organism. e.g.,

(i) The mango tree has a shorter life span as compared to a peepal tree though both are of the same size.

(ii) The size of crow and parrot is almost same but the life span is 15 years and 150 years respectively.

Answer In the figure given below the plant bears folllowing two types of flowers

A-Chasmogamous flower (the flowers remain open, exposing anthers and stigmas).

B-Cleistogamous flowers (the flowers remain closed, so that anthers and stigmas are never exposed) following are the types of pollination that will occur in these flowers.

(i) Autogamy (within same flower)

(ii) Geitonogamy (different flowers of same plant)

(iii) Xenogamy (different plants)

It is a case of cleistogamy (a type of autogamy) in which some plants, like, Commelina bengalensis possess both chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers.

In chasmogamous flowers, the flowers may undergo self-pollination or cross-pollination, while in cleistogamous flowers, the flowers undergo only self-pollination.

Answer In unicellular animals, cell division is the means of reproduction to increase their number while, in case of multicellular organisms, they have well developed reproductive organs which help in reproduction.

Their whole body does not participate in reproduction like unicellular organisms.

Answer In flowering plants, the zygote is formed inside the ovule. After fertilisation the sepals, petals and stamens of the flower wither and fall off. The pistil however, remains attached to the plant.

The zygote develops into the embryo and the ovules develop into the seed. The ovary develops into the fruit which develops a thick wall called pericarp

Thinking Process

In most aquatic organisms, such as a majority of algae and fishes as well as amphibians, syngamy (fusion of gametes in sexual reproduction) occurs in the external medium (water), i.e., outside the body of the organism. This type of genetic fusion is called external fertilisation.

Answer Organisms that take part in such process produce large number of gametes because

(i) In external fertilisation, there is a great chance that the sperm and the eggs released by the organisms can be affected by factors present in the environment like dessication, predators, etc. So, to make up for the high fatality rate of the gametes, the organism produces a lot of gametes.

(ii) Producing large number of gametes increase the chance for at least some eggs and sperms to meet in the environment ensuring that atleast a stable number of offspring are able to survive and carry on.

Answer

(a) Earthworm- Monoecious animal

(b) Chara- Monoecious plant

(c) Marchantia-Dioecious plant

(d) Cockroach- Dioecious animal

Note In several fungi and plants, terms such as homothallic and monoecious are used to denote the bisexual condition (male and female reproductive structures in the same plant) and heterothallic and dioecious are the terms used to describe unisexual condition (male and female reproductive structures on different plants). But in animals, individuals are either male or female (unisexual) or possess both the reproductive organs (bisexual).

Answer The correct matching is as follows

In plants, the units of vegetative propagation such as runner, rhizome, sucker, tuber, offset, bulb are all capable of giving rise to new offsprings. These structures are called vegetative propagules.

Answer (a) Ovary ………… fruit

(b) Ovules ……….. seed

After fertilisation, the zygote develops into the embryo and the ovules develop into the seed. The ovary develops into the fruit which develops a thick, protective wall called pericarp.

Thinking Process

The requirement of meiosis is to reduce the number of chromosomes to half to maintain the ploidy. As the organism is haploid meiosis cannot occur during gametogenesis.

Answer Meiosis can take place only in a diploid stage (post-zygotic stage) because the zygote is the only diploid cell in the life cycle of such organisms. This meiosis an case of haploid organisms will occur of the fertilisation.

Answer Higher plants (angiosperms) and higher animals (vertebrates) have a more complex structural organisation as compared to the lower groups of plants and animals. They have evolved very efficient mechanism of sexual reproduction. These groups have resorted to reproduction by the sexual method for the following reasons

(i) To ensure healthy progeny

(ii) To produce genetically varied offsprings that adapt to changes in environment and surviveal in all climatic conditions.

(iii) It ensures the genetic recombination that results in variation which gives rise to evolution.

Answer (i) Sterile diploid females as workers

(ii) One fertile diploid female as queen

(iii) Fertile haploid males as drones.

In case of honeybees, both haploid and diploid individuals formad as a result of incomplete (cyclic) parthenogenesis, i.e., both sexual reproduction and parthenogenesis. Fertilised eggs (zygote) give rise to queen and workers (both are females) by the process of sexual reproduction and unfertilised eggs (ova) develop into drones (males) by the process of parthenogenesis.

Answer Reduction division (meiosis) is associated with sexual reproduction. The reasons are

(i) Since, sexual reproduction involves the fusion of two types of gametes male and female, they must have haploid number of chromosomes.

(ii) The cell (meiocyte) which gives rise to gametes often has diploid number of chromosomes and it is only by reducing the number by half that we can get haploid gametes.

(iii) Reduction division also ensures maintenance of constancy of chromosome number from generation to generation.

Answer The formation of new plants from vegetative units (vegetative propagules) such as buds, tubers, rhizomes. etc., is called vegetative propagation (vegetative reproduction). It can be considered as a type of asexual reproduction as it involves the production of new individuals.

(i) by a single parent

(ii) without the formation and fusion of gametes

(iii) without resulting in any genetic or morphological variations.

Answer Fertilisation is not an obligatory event for fruit production in certain plants. Some fruits are developed from unfertilised ovary called parthenocarpic fruits.

These are seedless fruits, such as pomegranate, grapes, etc. Flowers of these plants are sprayed by a growth hormone that induces fruit development even though fertilisation has not occurred. The ovules of such fruits, however, fail to develop into seeds.

Thinking Process

The process of development of embryo from the zygote is referred as embryogenesis. During embryogenesis, zygote undergoes cell division (mitosis) and cell differentiation.

Answer Cell divisions increase the number of cells in the developing embryo, while cell differentiation helps group of cells to undergo certain modifications to form specialised tissues and organs to form an organism.

At many stages of embryogenesis, if cell differentiation does not occur, the embryo cannot develop into a new organism. It will only remain as a mass of cells.

Thinking Process

The changes that are subsequent to pollination and fertilisation can be categorised under post-fertilisation changes (events).

Answer In an angiosperm flower, the post-fertilisation changes occur as follows

Answer In pea, fruit is legume. The pea pod is developed from monocarpellary, unilocular and half superior ovary. At maturity, the fruit splits along the dorsal and ventral sutures and discharge its seeds.

In gynoecium with single carpel, ovules are always attached to the ventral suture. This results in the fruit with marginal placentation. Thus, the seeds are arranged in a row in legume (pea) pod.

In tomato, the fruit is berry. It is fleshy fruit develop from superior or inferior ovary. In this, the margins of the carpels grow inward to the centre of the ovary dividing the central chamber into compartments called locules.

So that, the ovules are arranged radially on the axis, attached by placenta that is called axial placentation. That’s the reason the seeds are embedded in the juicy pulp.

Answer The feature common to zoospores and conidia is that both of these are the asexual reproductive structures, which facilitate the process of reproduction in asexually reproducing organisms.

(a) Zoospore of Chlamydomonas

(b) Conidium of Penicillium

The two dissimilarities between these (zoospore and conidium) are as follows

Answer In flowering plants, the units of vegetative reproduction such as runners, stolons, suckers, offsets, rhizome, corm, tuber, etc., are capable of giving rise to new offsprings. These structures are called vegetative propagules.

In all these plants the formation of these structures does not involve two parents, the process involved is asexual. So, it can be said that vegetative reproduction is also a type of asexual reproduction.

Bulb of onion

Stolen of strawberry

Answer The differences between asexual and sexual reproduction are mentioned below

Asexual reproduction occurs usually in unicellular organisms, such as monerans and protists and in plants and certain animals. It takes place in the following ways

(i) Binary Fission In this type of asexual reproduction, the parent organism divides into two halves, each half forming an independent daughter organism.

e.g., Amoeba, Euglena, Paramecium.

(ii) Budding In this type of asexual reproduction, a daughter individual is formed from a small projection, the bud, arising from the parent body. e.g., yeast, Hydra.

(iii) Fragmentation In this type of asexual reproduction, the parent body breaks into two or more fragment. Each body fragment develops into an organism.

e.g., sponges, Selaginella.

(iv) Gemmule In this type of asexual reproduction, internal buds, called gemmules are involved. Gemmules are asexually reproduced mass of cells, that is capable of developing into a new organism. e.g., sponges.

(v) Sporulation In this type of asexual reproduction, dispersive structures called spores are released from the parent body that germinate under favourable conditions form new individuals.

(a) Motile spores are called zoospores and are found in aquatic animals. e.g., Albugo, Chlamydomonas.

(b) Non-motile spores are named as sporangiospores (e.g., Rhizopus, Mucor) and conidia e.g., Penicillium.

Answer No, all the gametes formed from a parent organism do not have the same genetic composition

It can be better understand with the help of the explanation given below

Sexual reproduction in organisms generally involves the fusion of gametes from two different individuals. These gametes form by the process of gametogenesis. In the heterogametic species, gametes are of two types namely male and female. Gametes are haploid though the parent body from which they arise may be either haploid or diploid.

(a) A haploid parent like Monera, fungi, algae and bryophytes produce gametes by mitotic division. The number of chromosomes, i.e., the genetic composition remain same after such type of division.

(b) The diploid parent like pteridophytes, gymnosperms, angiosperms and most of the animals including human beings produces gametes by meiosis. In such organisms (diploid), specialised cells called meiocytes (gamete mother cell) undergo meiosis

At the end of meiosis only one set of chromosomes gets incorporated into each gamete. It means the gametes formed contain a haploid number of chromosomes in contrast to the number of chromosomes in mother cells.

Answer Follwing are the three reasons for the mode of sexual reproduction in higher group of organisms

(i) The sexual mode of reproduction ensures creation of new variants.

(ii) Genetically varied offsprings are produced that adapt to changes in environment and survive in all climatic conditions.

(iii) Sexual reproduction ensures the genetic recombination that results in variation which gives rise to evolution.

Answer The differences between oestrus and menstrual cycle are as follows

(b) The differences between ovipary and vivipary are as follows

Thinking Process

Both these plants rose and tomato are selected by human beings for different characteristics, the rose for its flower and tomato for its fruit. Roses, being vegetatively propagated do not need to produce seeds.

Answer Rose plants produce large, attractive bisexual flowers, but they seldom produce fruits. The reasons for failure of fruit formation in rose are as follows

(i) Rose plants may not produce viable pollens, hence, no fertilisation can take place.

(ii) Rose plants may not have functional eggs.

(iii) Rose plants may have defective and non-functional ovule, which is the female gametophyte generator.

(iv) There may be self-incompatibility.

(v) There may be internal barriers for pollen tube growth or fertilisation.

(vi) As rose plants are hybrids and reproduce vegetatively, there are chances for them to be sterile.