Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

Multiple Choice

An earthworm has both male and female organs. It is known as a ________.

• hermaphrodite
• condaphrodite
• sterile animal

Multiple Select

Which organisms commonly reproduce by budding?

• Sponges

• Planaria

• Jellyfish

• fungi

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes parthenogenesis as shown in the first image?

• Development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell

• Union of egg and sperm outside the female reproductive tract

• Internal fertilization with live birth

• Development of embryo with placenta

Multiple Choice

Why is reproduction considered an essential feature of living organisms?

• Because it allows organisms to move

• Because it ensures the continuity of species

• Because it helps organisms produce sounds

• Because it helps organisms grow

Multiple Select

Which of the following are ways embryos acquire nutrients in histotrophic viviparity?

• From skin/glands

• By feeding on eggs produced by ovary

• By feeding on sibling embryos

• From placenta

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about viviparity?

• Embryos develop outside the parent and hatch from eggs.

• Embryos develop within the parent and are born as live young.

• Embryos develop in water and absorb nutrients from the environment.

• Embryos develop inside eggs that are laid and then abandoned.

Multiple Select

Which of the following animals are examples of ovuliparity?

• Molluscs

• Birds

• Most frogs

• Arthropods

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about ovoviviparity is correct?

• Embryos develop in eggs and hatch within the parent

• There is a placenta involved

• Fertilization is external

• All birds use this method

Multiple Select

Which of the following is not a form of asexual reproduction?

• Budding

• Fragmentation

• Parthenogenesis

• Hermaphroditism

Multiple Select

Fragmentation in asexual reproduction is commonly found in which organisms?

• Sponges

• Corals

• Echinoderms

• Mammals

Multiple Choice

Sexual reproduction requires _____ parents and asexual reproduction requires ___ parents

• 1,1
• 2,2
• 2,1
• 1,2 

Multiple Choice

Reproducing asexually will produce offspring ...

• genetically different from each other

• genetically identical to the parent

Multiple Choice

What are some of the facts about asexual reproduction?

• Takes only one mate to reproduce and takes a longer time to reproduce
• Takes a shorter amount of time to reproduce and it takes two mates to reproduce
• Reproduces diverse offspring and takes a longer time to reproduce
• Takes only one mate to reproduce and takes a shorter time to reproduce

Multiple Choice

What is one difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?

• Asexual (offspring different from parent)

  Sexual (offspirng identical to parent)

• Asexual (Slow reproduction)

  Sexual (Fast reproduction)

• Asexual (offspring no variation)

  Sexual (offspring variation)

• Asexual (more complicated)

  Sexual (less complicated)

Multiple Choice

Which organism would you classify as sexually reproducing?

• A strawberry plant that reproduces through runners in the ground

• A starfish that reproduces by breaking off and regenerating parts of its body

• An amoeba that splits through binary fission

• A chicken egg that is fertilized by a rooster

Multiple Choice

What is one of the advantages, why is it better to reproduce sexually versus asexually?

• survival of the fittest
• overproduction
• genetic variation
• cloning

Multiple Choice

Which animal gives live birth?

• Shark
• Snake
• Bird
• Alligator