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LEARNING CENTRE STD. XI BIOLOGY

FOUNDATION COUSE
(Institute for Biology Education)
Reproduction in Animals
(Elementary preparation for NEET / KVPY / Olympiad)
Worksheet
Date: 12.06.2021

(* Use books / internet if required)

(For concept development & hence no makes!)
(Solve the following in your “FOUNDATION NOTE BOOK for BIOLOGY)

[Q 1] Complete the following table using opitons provided:

Unisexual or External fertilization Developemnt
Bisexual or Internal ferilization (Direct or Indirect)
Lizard  1. 8. 15.
Toad  2. 9. 16.
Snail  3. 10. 17.
Starfish  4. 11. 18.
Penguin  5. 12. 19.
Elephant  6. 13. 20.
Earthworm  7. 14. 21.

[Q 2] True (T) or False (F)?

[i] Snakes are unisexual. [ ]

[ii] In birds fertilization is external. [ ]

[iii] Fishes do not have testes. [ ]

[iv] In some aniamls sex change occurs. [ ]

[v] Kangaroo exhibits pseudovivipary. [ ]

[Q 3] Animals like fishes & frogs release their eggs & sperms in water for fertilizations.
Think & Comment on the following points:
[1] How is the timing of male & female activity perfectly matched?
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[2] How about the likely loss of gametes in water?
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[Q 4] Explain WHY?
(Provide probable reason. You may write yor wild guess!)
[A] Some aniamls like earthworm are hermaphrodite (i.e. bisexual). WHY? (What is the advantage?)
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[B] Some aniamls exhibit external fertilization while others exhibit internal fertilization. WHY?
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[C] Parasites like Ascaris proudce a very large number of eggs. WHY?
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[D] In vertebtates only Amphibia show larval stage in life cycle. Why?
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[E] Male & female sex cells contribute equal number of chromosomes. WHY?
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[F] Female gamete is stationary. WHY?

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[G] The poultry eggs available in the shops never hatch to produce young ones. WHY?
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[H] Oviparous animals produce more eggs than viviparous animals. WHY?
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[I] Sperms are produced far more in number than eggs. WHY?
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[J] Usually annimals reproduce only during “breeding season”. WHY?

(Breeding seasons of different animal species are different!)
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[Q 5] Compare sexual reproduction in Animals with that in Plants. Think on the following lines:
[I] Are the male gametes in plants also mobile?
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[II] Basic prodcess of ferilization in plants & aniamls is very similar. How & why?
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[III] Why most flowering plants have bisexual flowers?

(Most aniamls are unisexual!)
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[IV] Are plants also seasonal in sexual reproduction? Why?

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