Chapter 5 Plant Reproduction Study Questions

1. When organisms duplicate themselves, the process is termed ______.

2. When production is deliberately controlled and manipulated, it becomes ______.

3. The reproduction of plants through the formation of seeds is called ______.

4. ______is a vegetative process that eliminates genetic variation.

5. ______is the normal division of a cell nucleus that occurs as a plant grows, enlarging from embryo to maturity.

6. In a natural world, plants reproduce both ______and ______.

7. Sexual propagation utilizes ______.

8. ______is the breaking of a seed coat otherwise impervious to water to permit water uptake by the embryo.

9. ______is the exposure of the seeds to low temperatures.

10. When many plants are reproduced asexually from a single plant, the group of new plants is termed a ______.

11. Plants of horticultural importance that are propagated almost totally by asexual means are termed ______. They are a type of ______.

12. ______are stems that grow along the ground and form new plants at one or more of their nodes.

13. ______are aerial shoots that take root after coming into contact with the soil.

14. Certain plants produce new shoots from adventitious buds that develop on the roots called ______.

15. In ______, roots develop on a stem that is still attached to the parent plant. 16. ______is the most common means of reproducing plants asexually.

17. A plants external appearance is also known as its ______.

18. A plants genetic composition is also known as its ______.

19. What vegetable did Gregor Mendel take two strains that were notably different in height and conduct experiments on?

20. When the sexual reproduction process is controlled by the deliberate actions of human beings, ______results and a specialized science, ______, takes effect.

21. ______are spontaneous changes in the genetic structure of a plant.

22. List 5 Asexual propagation techniques. a. b. c. d. e.