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Questions and Suggestions 



1. What is the purpose of reproduction? 



2. Discuss binary fission. 



3. Give examples of organisms that reproduce by binary fission. 



4. Discuss reproduction by budding. Illustrate in two organisms. 



5. Set up an experiment to illustrate fermentation. 



6. Discuss spore-formation in yeast ; in molds. 



7. Besides reproduction, what is another purpose of spore forma- 

 tion? 



8. Compare and contrast binary fission, budding, and spore forma- 

 tion. 



9. Compare a saprophyte and a parasite with an organism that 

 makes its own food. Give examples. 



Supplementary Reading 



Atkinson, G. F., College Textbook of Botany (Henry Holt & Co.). 

 Gager, C. S., General Botani/ (P. Blakiston's Son), chaps, xv-xxv. 

 Greaves, J. E. and E. O., Elementary Bacteriology (W. B. Saunders), chap. vi. 

 Holmes, S. J., General Biology (The Macmillan Co.), chap. x. 



