Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

Earth and Life Science PRENCESS VANESA M. CUATON, SST-1

Grade 11-HUMSS A​ , February 4, 2022

Living things use lots of different strategies for producing offspring, but most strategies fall neatly into the categories of either sexual or asexual reproduction.

After reading a description, you'll get to click on whether you think the organism reproduces sexually, asexually, or both. How well do you know your reproductive strategies?​

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Activity 1

​Click Click

Multiple Choice

Baker's yeast is a tiny, single-celled fungus that makes bread dough rise and converts sugars into alcohol. How do they reproduce?

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Both Types of Reproduction

Multiple Choice

Unlike other animals that produce this way, however, whiptail lizards' DNA changes from generation to generation. How do they reproduce?

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Both Types of Reproduction

Multiple Choice

Red kangaroos can leap as far as 12 feet in one jump. How do they reproduce?

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Both Types of Reproduction

Multiple Choice

The garden strawberry plant grows modified stems, called runners. How do they reproduce?

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Both Types of Reproduction

Multiple Choice

Like other flowering plants, the sunflower relies on insects for reproduction. How do they reproduce?

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Both Types of Reproduction

Open Ended

Choose one process of reproduction and explain why it is a better process than the other.