08 Science Reproductioninanimals 01

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Reproduction in Animals WS 01
1. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

Neha has drown the diagram related to life cycle of frog.
i. Name the process in which tadpoles develop into young frogs.

a) Fertilisation
b) Embedding
c) Budding
d) Metamorphosis
ii. The process by which organisms make copies of themselves is called ________.
a) reproduction
b) transpiration
c) Photosynthesis
d) respiration
iii. Which of the following is an example of a viviparous animal?
a) Cat
b) Fish
c) Hen
d) Cobra
iv. In human beings, body parts ________ to those present in the adults are present from the time of birth.
v. Tadpoles, transform into adults capable of jumping and swimming.
a) True
b) False
2. Life cycle of which of the following organism shows metamorphosis?
a) Frog
b) Cat
c) Human
d) Hen
3. Female gametes are also called
a) antherozoid
b) egg
c) both egg and ovum
d) ovum
4. Where does the developed of embryo take place in those animals which undergo external fertilisation?
5. Give some examples of viviparous animals.
6. Define metamorphosis.
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7. Give the names of two animals in which external fertilization occurs.
8. What is reproduction? Explain the two modes of reproduction is animals.
9. Explain the life-cycle of a frog.
10. What is metamorphosis? Give examples.
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11. Describe the process of fertilisation in human beings.
12. What does Fig. represent?
13. Explain the development of embryo.

14. Observe the following figures.
a. b. c. d.
i. Identify the stages a to d in Fig. during the development of the human baby.
ii. Arrange the stages in the correct sequence of development.
iii. Explain the development that takes place in any one stage.
15. Why do only male gametes have a tail?

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Solution
1. i. (d) Metamorphosis
Explanation: Metamorphosis
ii. (a) reproduction
Explanation: reproduction
iii. (a) Cat
Explanation: Cat
iv. similar
v. (a) True
Explanation: True
2. (a) Frog
Explanation: Life cycle of frog shows metamorphosis. During metamorphosis frog tadpole having fish like structure
changes into frog, a totally new organism.
3. (c) both egg and ovum
Explanation: both egg and ovum
4. Outside the female body in open.
5. Hen, lizards, frog and butterfly
6. The drastic change which transforms a larva into an adult is called metamorphosis.
7. Fish, frog, starfish.
8. Reproduction: The production of new individual from parents of same species is known as reproduction. The two modes
of reproduction in animals are:
(i) Asexual or Vegetative Reproduction : In this type of reproduction the new individual comes from a single parent,
e.g. Amoeba, hydra.
(ii) Sexual Reproduction : Two parents are required to produce one new individual e.g. Animal, humans.
9. There are three main stages in the life-cycle of a frog:
i. Egg
ii. Tadpole (larva)
iii. Adult.
The life cycle of a frog begins with a fertilized egg. The fertilized egg develops into a tadpole. The fertilized egg and
tadpole stages are found in the water in the spring. The tadpole develops into an immature frog.
10. In case of indirect development, transformation of young ones into adult is called metamorphosis. Larva of butterfly
undergoes metamorphosis to become a butterfly. A tadpole undergoes metamorphosis to become a frog.
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11. The first step in the process of reproduction is the fusion of a sperm and an ovum. For this to happen, millions of sperms
from the male are transferred into the female body. The sperms swim in the oviduct with the help of their tails to reach
the egg. When they come in contact with the egg. one of the sperms may fuse with the egg. Such fusion of the egg and
the sperm is called fertilization. During fertilization, the nuclei of the sperm and the egg fuse to form a single nucleus.
This results in the formation of a fertilized egg or zygote.
12. The figure represents binary fission method of asexual reproduction, in which the division of a nucleus into two halves is
shown. The given figure is of an amoeba undergoing the first stage of binary fission.
13. Fertilisation results in the formation of zygote which begins to develop into an embryo. The zygote divides repeatedly to
give rise to a ball of cells. The cells then begin to form groups that develop into different tissues and organs of the body.
This developing structure is termed as embryo. This embryo gets embedded in the wall of the uterus for further
development. The embryo continues to develop in the uterus. It gradually develops body parts such as hands, legs, head,
eyes and ears etc. This stage is called foetus. Mother gives birth to the baby when foetus developed completely.
a. zygote formation and development of an embryo from the zygote;

b. Ball of cells (enlarged);
c. Embedding of the embryo in the uterus (enlarged).
14. i. The stages are as follows:
a. Embedding of the embryo in the uterus of the mother, i.e. implantation.
b. Fusion of male and female gametes, i.e. fertilization.
c. Formation of the zygote and its development into an embryo as it travels from oviducts to the uterus.
d. Fusion of nuclei during fertilization, in a zygote.
ii. The correct sequence of these stages would be :
i. b. Fusion of male and female gametes, i.e. fertilization.
ii. d. Fusion of nuclei of two gametes in a zygote.
iii. c. Development of a zygote to an embryo as it travels down the oviducts to reach the uterus.
iv. a. Embedding of the embryo in uterine walls of the mother, i.e. implantation.
Thus, the correct sequence would be b, d, c, a.
iii. During fertilization, the male gamete sperm reaches up to the female gamete, ovum, or egg cell. One of the sperms
that reach the ovum, releases its nuclei into the egg cell. Then, inside the egg cell, or the zygote, takes place the
fusion of the nucleus of that sperm with the nucleus of the female gamete. Thus, the product of fertilization, the
zygote is formed. The rest of the sperm degenerates.
15. The human male gamete, the sperm has to flow through the female reproductive tract to reach the fallopian tube, where it
can fuse with the ovum. Thus, it requires an organ for rapid and efficient motility for transportation. The tail provides
this function. The female gamete or the ovum has to travel very little distance, which is helped by the ovary and fallopian
tube. Thus, it doesn’t require any tail. Thus, only the male gamete has a tail.

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i. Name the process in which tadpoles develop into young frogs.

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a. zygote formation and development of an embryo from the zygote;

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