The stages in the binary fission of Amoeba are shown above.
(a) Arrange the stages in their proper natural sequence in binary fission.
(b) How does this differ from the process of sporulation employed by Amoeba?

(a) Name the organism and the mode of reproduction shown in the diagram given above.
(b) Write two differences between budding and the binary fission in Amoeba.

Identify the plant and the vegetative propagule ofA, Band C.

Many of you would be knowing that a particular plant species flowered during September - October, 2006. Its mass flowering transformed large tracts of the hilly areas of Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu into blue stretches and attracted a large number of tourists.
(a) Write the scientific name of the plant whose flowering was responsible for this.
(b) What is unique about its flowering phenomenon?
(c) Name another plant and its unusual flowering phenomenon.

The reproductive organs of
(i) Chara, an alga and
(ii) earthworm, an animal are sbown in tbe above diagram.
(a) Identify and name tbe male and female reproductive organs of tbese two organisms.
(b) What technical term is given to
(i) the plant, Chara and
(ii) the animal, earthworm, respectively, that possess both male and female reproductive organs in the same individual?