5. Which of the following is an example of vegetative reproduction?
a. A single lily bulb once planted becomes a large colony of identical lilies over three
summers
b. A new baby plant shows up in your backyard, just like the plant your neighbors have next
door.
c. A new starfish grows from the severed tip of a tentacle.
d. Strep throat bacteria quickly colonize in your body and make you sick,

the level of progesterone is low at the pre-ovulatory phase of the cycle but it gradually increases and the levels are high at the luteal phase. if pregnancy occurs, the level of progesterone will be high throughout the pregnancy.

if egg is fertilized and the mother gets pregnant, progesterone starts preparing the uterus for the implantation. it starts building up the lining of uterus and make it hostile of the period of pregnancy.

the answers are as following:

1. c. double helix, nucleosome, coil, supercoil, chromosome

2. b. g2 phase, preparation for mitosis

3. d. interphase consists of the g1, s, and g2 phases

4. c. metaphase

5. a. chromosomes are duplicated before cell division so that each new daughter cell has a complete set