Reproduction · Paper 1 — Free Biology SL Practice Questions

A gardener propagates a rose by taking a stem cutting from a parent plant and growing it in soil. The new plant is genetically identical to the parent. Which statement correctly identifies the type of reproduction and its most significant advantage in this context?

In the life cycle of a fern, the sporophyte generation is diploid with $2n = 20$ chromosomes. Spores are produced in structures called sporangia. How many chromosomes are present in the nucleus of a fern spore, and by which type of cell division are spores produced?