Question

all of the following are examples of asexual reproduction, except:
plants sending out
unners.\
budding.
fertilization.
cell division.
fission.
question 17
2 pts
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which of the following shows the correct order of taxonomic levels?
kingdom, family, order, phylum, genus
kingdom, phylum, family, genus, species
kingdom, order, phylum, genus, species
order, family, phylum, genus, species
kingdom, phylum, order, species, genus

Explanation:

First Question (Asexual Reproduction)

Asexual reproduction involves a single parent and produces offspring identical to the parent. Plants sending out runners (vegetative propagation), budding, cell division (like binary fission in prokaryotes or mitosis in eukaryotes for asexual reproduction), and fission are all asexual. Fertilization involves the fusion of male and female gametes (from two parents), so it's sexual reproduction.

The correct order of taxonomic levels from broadest to most specific is: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Let's analyze each option:

• Option 1: Incorrect order (family before order, phylum out of place).
• Option 2: Kingdom, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species – while "Class" and "Order" are missing between Phylum and Family, among the given options, this is the closest as it follows the general trend of broader to more specific (Kingdom → Phylum → Family → Genus → Species, with the typical middle levels like Class and Order omitted but the sequence of the given terms is correct in terms of hierarchy direction).
• Option 3: Incorrect order (order before phylum).
• Option 4: Incorrect (order and family before phylum, wrong hierarchy).
• Option 5: Incorrect (species before genus).

Answer:

fertilization.

Question 17 (Taxonomic Levels)