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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 March 31 Science Chapter 12 Reproduction in Plants

This document provides solutions to exercises questions from NCERT Class 7 Science Chapter 12 on Reproduction in Plants. It defines various terms like vegetative propagation, unisexual flower, pollination, fertilization. It describes the different methods of asexual reproduction like budding, fragmentation, spore formation, and fission. It also explains the process of sexual reproduction in flowers, different modes of seed dispersal, and differences between self-pollination and cross-pollination. Multiple choice and match the following questions are also answered.

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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 March 31 Science Chapter 12 Reproduction in Plants

This document provides solutions to exercises questions from NCERT Class 7 Science Chapter 12 on Reproduction in Plants. It defines various terms like vegetative propagation, unisexual flower, pollination, fertilization. It describes the different methods of asexual reproduction like budding, fragmentation, spore formation, and fission. It also explains the process of sexual reproduction in flowers, different modes of seed dispersal, and differences between self-pollination and cross-pollination. Multiple choice and match the following questions are also answered.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science Chapter 12

Reproduction in Plants

Exercise Questions Page Number 141-142

1. Fill in the blanks:


(a) Production of new individuals from the vegetative part of parent is called_____________.
(b) A flower may have either male or female reproductive parts. Such a flower is called_____________.
(c) The transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the same or of another flower of the same kind
is known as _____________.
(d) The fusion of male and female gametes is termed as _____________.
(e) Seed dispersal takes place by means of _____________, _____________ and _____________.
Solution:
(a) Production of new individuals from the vegetative part of parent is called vegetative propagation.
(b) A flower may have either male or female reproductive parts. Such a flower is called unisexual flower.
(c) The transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the same or of another flower of the same kind is
known as Pollination.
(d) The fusion of male and female gametes is termed as fertilisation.
(e) Seed dispersal takes place by means of wind, water and animals.

2. Describe the different methods of asexual reproduction. Give examples.


Solution:
Different methods of asexual reproduction are as follows:
Vegetative Propagation
In this asexual reproduction, new plants are produced from roots, stems, leaves and buds of the individual plant.
Examples – Tuber of potato, the rhizome of ginger.
Budding
The bud is a small projection which gradually grows and gets detached from the parent cell and forms a new yeast cell.
The new yeast cell grows, matures and produces more yeast cells.
Example – Yeast.
Fragmentation
In this mode of reproduction, the growth and multiplication are done by rapidly breaking down into two or more
fragments. Each fragment grows into new individuals when water and nutrients are available.
Example – Algae
Spore Formation
This reproduction is done by spores which, under favourable conditions, germinate and develop into a new individual.
Examples – Fungi like Rhizopus, Mucor, etc.
Fission
It is a type of asexual reproduction where the unicellular organism splits to form new organisms. There are two types
of fission which are,

 Binary fission
 Multiple fission
NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science Chapter 12
Reproduction in Plants

Examples
Unicellular organisms that undergo binary fission are amoeba, paramecium, leishmania, etc.
Plasmodium undergoes the process of multiple fission.

3. Explain what you understand by sexual reproduction.


Solution:
Sexual reproduction is a method where male and female gametes fuse to form a new individual. In plants, stamens and
pistils are male and female reproductive organs which bear the anthers and ovary, respectively.

4. State the main difference between asexual and sexual reproduction.


Solution:

Asexual reproduction Sexual reproduction

It requires only one parent Requires a male and female parent

Daughter cells formed are identical to parents and Newly formed offsprings show variations in
to each other. comparison to the parents.

Special reproductive organs are not required Special reproductive organs are required

Ex: Yeast, rose, jasmine Ex: Insects, animals


NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science Chapter 12
Reproduction in Plants

5. Sketch the reproductive parts of a flower.


Solution:

6. Explain the difference between self-pollination and cross-pollination.


Solution:

Self-pollination Cross-pollination

In self-pollination, pollen grains are In cross-pollination, pollen grains are transferred from the
transferred from the anther to the stigma of the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower of the
same flower. same kind.
NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science Chapter 12
Reproduction in Plants

Self-pollination occurs only in bisexual It occurs in both unisexual and bisexual flowers
flowers

7. How does the process of fertilisation take place in flowers?


Solution:
The process of fusion of male and female gametes (to form a zygote) is called fertilisation. The zygote develops into an
embryo, and the embryo undergoes mitotic cell division to form seeds.
8. Describe the various ways by which seeds are dispersed.
Solution:
Seeds and fruits of plants are carried away by the wind, water and animals. Winged seeds such as those of drumstick
and maple, light seeds of grasses or hairy seeds of aak (Madar) and hairy fruit of the sunflower get blown off with the
wind to faraway places. Some seeds are dispersed by water. These fruits or seeds usually develop floating ability in the
form of a spongy or fibrous outer coat as in coconut. Some seeds are dispersed by animals, especially spiny seeds with
hooks which get attached to the bodies of animals and are carried to distant places. Examples are Xanthium and Urena.
Some seeds are dispersed when the fruits burst with sudden jerks. The seeds are scattered far from the parent plant.
This happens in the case of castor and balsam.
9. Match items in Column I with those in Column II: Column I Column II

Column-I Column-II

(a) Bud (i) Maple

(b) Eyes (ii) Spirogyra

(c) Fragmentation (iii) Yeast

(d) Wings (iv) Bread mould

(e) Spores (v) Potato

(vi) Rose
NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Science Chapter 12
Reproduction in Plants

Solution:

Column-I Column-II

(a) Bud (iii) Yeast

(b) Eyes (v) Potato

(c) Fragmentation (ii) Spirogyra

(d) Wings (i) Maple

(e) Spores (iv) Bread mould

10. Tick the correct answer:


(a) The reproductive part of a plant is the
(i) leaf (ii) stem (iii) root (iv) flower
(b) The process of fusion of the male and the female gametes is called
(i) fertilisation (ii) pollination (iii) reproduction (iv) seed formation
(c) Mature ovary forms the
(i) seed (ii) stamen (iii) pistil (iv) fruit
(d) A spore-producing organism is
(i) rose (ii) bread mould (iii) potato (iv) ginger
(e) Bryophyllum can reproduce by its
(i) stem (ii) leaves (iii) roots (iv) flower
Solution:
a) (iv) flower
b) (i) fertilization
c) (iv) fruit
d) (ii) bread mould
e) (ii) leaves

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