Chapter 18:
Reproduction
Practice Test
1.
Many female mammals are only receptive to mating during their _______ cycle.
a.
gametophyte
b.
estrus
c.
regeneration
d.
menstrual
Hint
2.
What is the process in which an unfertilized egg develops into an adult organism?
a.
fragmentation
b.
budding
c.
parthenogenesis
d.
regeneration
Hint
3.
Which of these forms of reproduction results in offspring that are genetically different from either parent?
a.
alternation of generations
b.
vegetative reproduction
c.
budding
d.
parthenogenesis
Hint
4.
What is a type of asexual reproduction found in animals in which a small part of a parent organism separates to form a new organism?
a.
vegetative reproduction
b.
budding
c.
parthenogenesis
d.
binary fission
Hint
5.
Where in a human male can the testes be found?
a.
in the follicles
b.
in the scrotum
c.
in the bladder
d.
in the oviduct
Hint
6.
What is the sexual process in which genetic information is transferred from one cell to another by cell-to-cell contact?
a.
fragmentation
b.
regeneration
c.
parthenogenesis
d.
conjugation
Hint
7.
How do plants reproduce sexually?
a.
by fragmentation
b.
through parthenogensis
c.
through alternation of generations
d.
by binary fission
Hint
8.
What is the food source that provides energy for a new plant's early development?
a.
ovule
b.
endosperm
c.
flower
d.
embryo
Hint
9.
What is the cycle in which an egg matures and is released by an ovary into an oviduct?
a.
parthenogenesis
b.
regeneration
c.
the menstrual cycle
d.
the estrus cycle
Hint
10.
What is a type of asexual reproduction in which a small part of an organism breaks off and grows by mitosis to replace all of the missing major body tissues?
a.
fragmentation
b.
vegetative reproduction
c.
parthenogenesis
d.
budding
Hint
