Reproduction-Asexual p155-6 Name _______________________________

No living thing lives __________. Although many living things _________ and ___________ themselves
for a long time, they eventually become unable to do so and they ______. Different types of animals and
plants have different ________ ________. Humans live for about __________ years. Many insects live
for only a few days or ________. Some trees live for ____________ of years, but all will eventually die.
Since every plant and animal must die, there must be a way to __________ ______ members of their
kind or that type of ___________ will die out. This ___________ of new organisms by their parents is
called _______________.
Reproduction can occur in ______ main ways in _________ and __________, namely by _________
and __________ methods.
Asexual reproduction occurs when only ______ _________ produces the offspring. The new organism
simply ___________ from part of one parent.
Asexual reproduction in plants
In plants, one type of asexual reproduction is called _____________ _______________. It can happen
in many different ways.
_________ grass produces new plants from __________. These are stems which _______ along the
ground. The runner ________ ______ from the plant and sends down ________. Then leaves grow. lf
you ______ the runner __________ the two plants they would both _______ and you would have two
___________ plants. People can _______ a lawn by __________ up runners from someone else's lawn.
The runners will produce new plants if they are __________ a few centimetres under the _________ and
watered. Many other plants ____________ like this. Some plants which do this are strawberries, ivy,
violets, _____________ and ________ other native ground cover plants.

Many plants reproduce by ________. These are made from ________ _________ which are full of
_________ food. Bulbs are found ______________. Plants which reproduce by bulbs are __________,
tulips and daffodils. Plant ____________ often sell bulbs. They produce a plant if they are planted in a
few __________________ of soil and then watered.

Some plants, like bracken _______, reproduce from ______________ stems. These contain a ________
store of _______ for the plant. ____________ is another plant which can reproduce like this.

Carrots can reproduce by a swollen ______ ________. This contains a large food _______.

Another type of asexual reproduction is by __________. _______________, ferns, moulds, mosses and
several other types of plants have spores. The spores in mushrooms are produced in the _______ under
the cap. The gills are ______ gills like those of a fish. They have ____________ to do with breathing.
Spores are very ________. You need a _____________ to see them clearly. Their small size means
they can be carried by _______. They need to fall onto ground which is __________, _________ and
which has enough oxygen if they are to begin to grow.
Complete each of the diagrams. Copy the name of each plant and give the method of vegetative
reproduction. Complete the labels as well.