REPRODUCTION
REVISION QUESTIONS
1. Explain how a grayish black substance develops on a moist slice of bread after a few days.
2. State any two the functions of placenta in mammals.
3. Explain the importance of sexual reproduction in organisms.
4 . (a) What is the name of the group of hormones that control the development of secondary sexual
characteristics in males?
(b) Explain why the mammalian testes are located to hang outside the body.
5. (a) State the roles of luteinizing hormone in human males.
(b) Explain why four months after fertilization, ovaries can be removed from a human female ,
without terminating pregnancy.
6. State two roles of each of the following hormones in menstruation.
(a) Follicle stimulating hormone
(b) Luteinising hormone
(c) Oestrogen
7. List any four differences between mitosis and meiosis .
8. State four characteristics of fruits dispersed by animals.
9. Name any three mechanisms that ensures cross pollination takes place in flowering plants.
10. (a) Name the parts of a flower part that produce gametes.
(b) Name the parts of a flower that develops into seeds.
11. How is the human sperm cell structurally specialized?
12. Name two substances that:
(a) enter foetal blood through the placenta .
(b) leave foetal blood through the placenta
13. (a) Name the gamete cells that are produced by the ovaries .
(b) What is the function of the following parts of the human reproductive system?
(i)Fallopian tubes
(ii)Epididymis
(iii) Scrotal sac
(iv) Uterus
19. State two advantages of internal fertilization in humans .
20. (a) Name the type of fertilization seen in frogs.
(b) Why is it necessary for female frogs to lay many eggs?
21. (a) What is the significance of meiosis ?
(b) State the functions of the following structures during cell division.
(i) Centriole
(ii) Centromere
22. State two ways by which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is transmitted other than
through sexual intercourse.
23. (a) At what stage of mitosis do chromosome first appear as distinct bodies?
(b) State two processes that takes place during anaphase of mitosis.
(c) State the significance of mitosis to an organism.
24. Describe the mode of asexual reproduction in the bread mould/Rhizopus.
25. Explain how the following features prevent self pollination.
(a) Heterostyly
(b) Protandry
(c) Self sterility
(d) Dioecism
26. A flower has the following characteristics :
(i) Small ,inconspicuous petals (ii) Anthers borne on long ,flexible filaments (iii)Long feathery
stigmas (iv) Small ,light pollen grains
(a) What is the significance of:
(i) small, light pollen grains?
(ii) long, feathery stigma?
27. (a) State three advantages of cross –pollination.
(b) State three advantages of asexual reproduction.
28. Explain how fruits and seeds are formed in a flower after fertilization.
29. State the differences between the composition of maternal blood entering the placenta and
maternal blood leaving the placenta.
30. (a) What is meant by the following terms ?
(i) Pistillate flower
(ii)Hypogynous flower
(b) How are the female parts of insect pollinated flowers adapted to their function?
31. Give the differences between the following structures in wind and insect pollinated flowers.
(a) Pollen grains (b) Anthers (c) Stigmas
32. (a) State the type of asexual reproduction in each of the following organism; (i) Yeast (ii) Rhizopus
(b) How do male gamete nuclei reach the ovule after pollen grains land on the stigma.
33. (a) State two disadvantages of self pollination .
(b) Give a reason for each of the following :
(i) Wind pollinated flowers produce large quantities of pollen grains .
(ii) Presence of nectaries in some flowers.
34. State three differences between the end product of mitosis and meiosis.
35. Describe the role of hormones in the human menstrual cycle .
36. Explain how seeds and fruits are adapted to the various methods of dispersal.
37. Describe how the human male reproductive system is adapted to perform its functions.
38. Describe the process of fertilization in flowering plants.
39. Describe the adaption of flowers to insect and wind pollination.
40. Describe how the human female reproductive system is adapted to perform its functions.