PLANT REPRODUCTION WORKSHEET

YEAR 11 INTGRATED/BRITISH

1. What are advantages of sexual and asexual reproduction?

What is the diploid number for this organism?

A 10 B 20 C 40 D 46

7. What happens as a result of meiosis?

A Diploid cells are produced.
2. The diagrams show pollen grains from three different B Diploid and haploid cells are produced.
species of plant as they appear under the microscope. The C Genetically identical cells are produced.
diagrams are all to the same scale. D Haploid cells are produced

8. Fruits can be dispersed by animals or by wind. The table

contains descriptions of four fruits.
Which fruit will be dispersed by wind?

Which pollen grains are involved in insect-pollination?

A 1 and 2 B 1 only C 2 and 3 D 3 only

3. What happens to the chromosome number after meiosis

and after mitosis?

ESSAY
1. The flowers of pea plants can be
pollinated by bees.
(a) State three features of flowers that
4. Which row describes sexual reproduction? would attract insects such as bees.
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5. Which feature of sexual reproduction helps a b) Successful pollination results in
species to evolve? fertilisation.
A Fewer offspring are produced than in asexual
Describe the events that occur after pollen
reproduction.
B Offspring are the result of the fusion of the nuclei of grains leave the anther of a flower until
dissimilar gametes. fertilisation
C Offspring always inherit advantageous takes place.
characteristics. ..........................................................................
D Offspring produced will always be in a suitable ..............
environment. ..........................................................................
6. The diagram shows a cell of an organism formed by ..............
reduction division. The nucleus contains 20 ..........................................................................
chromosomes. ..............
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.......................................................................... 5. The diagram shows the menstrual cycle of a
.............. woman during the month of September.
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Why can fertilisation not take place if sperms are

released into the vagina on 8th September?
A. Sperms are washed out of the female uterus by
the menstrual flow.
B. Sperms can survive in the female reproductive
system for only 3 or 4 days.
HUMAN REPRODUCTION WORKSHEET C. Sperms must be released after ovulation for
fertilisation to take place.
1. Which row shows the adaptive features of sperm D. The uterus lining is washed out of the female
cells? body during menstruation.

6. Which states a function of the four hormones

FSH, LH, progesterone and oestrogen in
controlling the menstrual cycle?

2. Which statement describes human male

gametes?
A large, few and non-motile
B large, numerous and motile
C small, few and non-motile
D small, numerous and motile
3. Which organ secretes the most progesterone
during pregnancy?
A adrenal gland
B ovary
C placenta 7. A human zygote is a diploid cell.
D uterus Which statement about human diploid cells is correct?
A They do not have a nucleus.
4. The diagram shows the female reproductive B They fuse to form gametes.
system. C The nucleus contains a single set of chromosomes.
D The nucleus contains two sets of chromosomes.
8. Which feature allows the sperm to dissolve the
jelly coating of the egg cell?
A acrosome
B flagellum
C mitochondria
D nucleus
What is the function of the part labelled X?
A gamete production and hormone secretion 9. The diagram shows the changes which take place
B gamete production only during a woman’s menstrual cycle
C hormone secretion only
D zygote production and hormone secretion
 Table 4.2 shows information about the male reproductive
system shown in Fig. 4.1.
What is occurring at the time of ovulation? Complete Table 4.2.
A a fall in the levels of oestrogen and progesterone
B a fall in the level of progesterone only
C a rise in the levels of oestrogen and progesterone
D a rise in the level of oestrogen only

10. What crosses the placenta from fetal blood to maternal

blood in larger quantities than from maternal blood to
fetal blood?
A amino acids
B carbon dioxide
C glucose
D oxygen

ESSAY [5]
1. (a) Table 4.1 shows four structures associated with the
human male reproductive system. c) Draw an X on Fig. 4.1 on the structure where meiosis
Complete Table 4.1 by identifying the level of occurs. [1]
organisation of each structure. (d) Sperm and eggs each have a nucleus which is haploid.
Choose your answers from the list. (i) Define the term haploid nucleus.
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(ii) State the number of chromosomes in a human haploid
nucleus.
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2. Fig. 4.1 shows a diagram of part of the male reproductive

system.

a) State the letter on Fig. 4.1 that identifies:

where sperm are made .....................
the part that carries urine and sperm out of the
body .....................
where the fluid that is added to the sperm is
made .....................
b) Fig. 4.1 shows the male reproductive system. [3]
b) Sperm must pass through different structures in the female
reproductive system to reach an
egg cell.
State the names of three of these structures.
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c) State three ways that sperm are adapted for their function.
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