MCQ-5: Reproduction

The diagram shows a section through a flower.

After the flower is fertilised, which parts will develop into the fruit and the seed?

The graph is a record of the growth of a plant.

Which labels should be used for the x-axis and the y-axis?

Which environmental factor is not always a requirement for seed germination?

The diagram shows a flower in vertical section.

Which numbered parts of the flower continue to develop after fertilisation?

To avoid extinction of a rare plant species, a botanical garden keeps a collection of seeds, known as a seed bank.
Which condition will prevent these seeds germinating whilst in storage?

What may be defined as ‘an increase in dry mass’?

The diagram shows half a flower.
On which structure would pollen be deposited in pollination?

In which region does diffusion of materials take place between mother and fetus?

During childbirth, what must happen to the cervix and the uterus wall?

The diagram shows a baby, a child and an adult (not drawn to the same scale).
As a baby grows into an adult, which labelled region grows the most?

Four tubes were set up as shown and placed in the dark.
In which tube would the seeds germinate first?

The graph shows the height of a child, from birth to the age of 10.

What was the approximate height of the child at 7 years of age?

The diagram shows a timeline of a woman’s menstrual cycle, which lasts for 28 days.

On which days of the menstrual cycle is a woman most likely to become pregnant?

The diagram shows a vertical section through a flower.

What are X and Y?

Four samples of seeds germinated in different conditions of temperature and light, as shown in the table.

A typical seedling from each sample was removed after seven days.
Which seedling was from sample 2?

When does fertilisation occur in humans?

What is the function of the many mitochondria in a sperm cell?

The graph shows changes in the concentrations of four hormones during the menstrual cycle.
Which hormone is progesterone?

What describes the nuclei in human reproduction?

The graph shows a hormone that is involved in controlling the human female menstrual cycle.

Which hormone is shown by the curve?