Tuesday, April 30, 2013


Grade 9 Science   page 165

 1.      A.  Binary fission - b.  bacteria

B.  Budding - c. hydra

C.  Fragmentation - d.  an animal that grows from a piece that has separated from the parent.

E.  Spore - e.  a reproductive cell taht may be able to survive extreme conditions.

 
5.      Organisms that reproduce asexually often produce large numbers of offspring to out-compete other organisms for nutrients and water.  In addition, large colonies may survive when environmental conditions are altered or the number of predators changes.

 
7.      The number of times a bacterium will be able to divide depends on the amount of nutrients, the availability of moisture, and the temperature.

 

 11.  The sea stars multiplied asexually by fragmentation and the population increased even more.

 
 
Grade 9 Science   page 166-167
 
1.        Cell division is necessary for unicellular organisms so that these organisms can reproduce in great numbers.
 
2.        Cell division is necessary in multicellular organisms for growth and repair and to replace worn-out cells.
 
 
5.        If the cell is unable to make the proteins to form spindle fibres, mitosis could not occur successfully since the chromosomes would not be able to attach.  The result would be that the chromosomes would not be equally distributed between cells.
 
10.      The major disadvantage of asexual reproduction is that there is very little variation so all the offspring are identical.  If conditions change, all of the individuals could die.
 
15.      The nuclear membrane must disintegrate during prophase so that the chromosomes are free to move to opposite ends of the cell later.
 
 
16.      A.  These cells are plant cells.
B.  There appears to be a cell wall and the cells remain side-by-side after cell division.
C.        C - A - D - B
D.  Diagram C shows prophase where the chromosomes become visible.
 
     Diagram A shows metaphase where the double-stranded chromosomes are lined up in a single file at the equator.
 
     Diagram D shows anaphase where the two strands of the double    stranded chromosome move to opposite poles.
 
      Diagram B shows telophase where the nuclear membrane forms   around the sets of chromosomes.

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