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8 Bb-1

Types of reproduction

Name Class Date


1 Plum trees produce purple fruits (‘plums’). Apricot trees are a different species and have
orange-coloured ‘apricot’ fruits. The two species can breed to produce plumcot trees, which
have purple fruits.

a State one characteristic that varies between the fruits.


b Which trees can reproduce sexually? Tick () the best answer.
 plums only  apricots and plums  plumcots  all three
c Which word best describes a plumcot tree? Tick () one.
 species  hybrid  fertile  asexual

d Which characteristic has the plumcot inherited from the plum?

e Suggest a characteristic the plumcot might inherit from the apricot?


2 The diagram below shows what happens in sexual reproduction. Draw lines from the words to
the correct places on the diagram.

fertilisation fertilised egg cell gamete growth sex cell


3 The offspring of two poppy plants do not all look identical. Some are taller, some have bigger
flowers and some have thinner leaves. Which statement best explains this? Tick () one.
 The differences are caused by how the  Each time a parent produces a gamete
female plant cares for the seeds. cell it is different. So no two combinations
of gametes will give identical results.
 The two parents were identical and so  This is called inherited variation.
they produce gametes that are identical.
4 List two ways in which strawberry plants can reproduce.

5 A piece of stem is taken from a plumcot plant and planted. It grows into a new plant.

a What is this type of reproduction called?

b Why will the new plant look the same as the original plant?

I can…
● recall the differences between sexual and asexual reproduction
● recall examples of asexual reproduction in plants
● explain the characteristics of offspring produced by sexual and asexual reproduction.

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