Question

Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

• A. A bacterium splitting into two - Asexual reproduction
• B. A tadpole hatching out of a frog egg - Asexual reproduction
• C. Seed formation - Sexual reproduction
• D. The birth of a baby elephant - Sexual reproduction

Answer 1

The correct option is B A tadpole hatching out of a frog egg - Asexual reproduction

In asexual reproduction only one parent is involved; like budding in yeast, binary fission in bacteria and multiple fission in Plasmodium. While in sexual reproduction, two parents are involved. A frog egg is externally fertilised and a tadpole is hatched. Similarly, a baby elephant is born out of sexual reproduction. A plant seed is also produced when a pollen grain fertilises an egg, which is the sexual reproduction.