Test Class 8 Sci CH 9
Test Class 8 Sci CH 9
Test Class 8 Sci CH 9
REPRODUCTION IN ORGANISMS
Question 2.State whether the following statements are True of False : (6.5)
(a) Each sperm is a single cell.
(b) A new human individual develops from a cell called gametes.
(c) Egg laid after fertilization is made up of a single cell.
(d) A zygote is formed as a result of fertilization.
(e) External fertilization takes place in frog.
(f) An embryo is made up of a single cell.
(g) Oviparous animals give birth to young ones.
(h) Internal fertilization takes place in hens.
(i) The hens give birth to chicks like human beings give birth to babies.
(j) Amoeba reproduces by budding.
(k) Binary fission is a method of asexual reproduction.
(l) Fertilisation is necessary even in asexual reproduction.
(m) Cloning is a sexual reproduction method in mammals.
Question 4. Why do female frogs (or female fish) lay hundreds of eggs? (2)
Question 6. What is meant by an ‘embryo’ ? Can we identify the body features in an embryo ? (2)
Question 7. What is meant by ‘cloning’? State whether gametes are involved in cloning or not. Name two
animals which have been produced by cloning. (3)
Question 8. Define foetus. After how many weeks of development, a human embryo is said to become a
foetus ? (2)
Question 9.
Question 10. Describe the various steps involved in the sexual reproduction in animals. (5)
Question 11. How does an Amoeba reproduce ? Describe with the help of labelled diagram.
OR
How does a Hydra reproduce ? Explain with the help of labelled diagrams. (5)
Question 12. The animal A which is classified as an amphibian lays eggs in pond water. The hatching of its
eggs produces a tailed-form B which looks very different from the animal A. The form B then undergoes a
change C and gets converted into animal A.
(a) Name (i) animal A and (ii) form B.
(b) What is the change C known as ?
(c) name the breathing organs of A.
(d) What are the breathing organs of B? (5)
Question 13. X and Y are the two types of animals. The animals like X undergo external fertilization whereas
animals like Y undergo internal fertilization. The animals like X lay eggs from which baby animals are
hatched. On the other hand, in animals like Y, the young one develops inside the uterus of mother which
then gives birth to the baby.
(a) What is the general name of animals like X ?
(b) Give two examples of animals like X ?
(c) What is the general name of animals like Y ?
(d) Write the names if two animals like Y. (5)