Asexual vs Sexual Reproduction

What do you call the type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from two different cells combine, producing an offspring?

• pollination

• sexual reproduction

• fertilization

• asexual reproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What do you call the female sex cell?

• egg cell

• sperm cell

• diploid

• haploid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What do you call the cell that forms from fertilization?

• fertilized egg

• sperm cell

• zygote

• egg cell

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Cell division in prokaryotes that forms two genetically identical cells is known as ______

• binary fission

• budding

• regeneration

• cloning

What do you call the type of asexual reproduction wherein a new organism grows by mitosis and cell division on the body of its parent?

• fission

• regeneration

• budding

• cloning

What do you call the form of asexual reproduction in which offspring grow from a part of a parent plant?

• fission

• budding

• regeneration

• vegetative reproduction

All of the following are advantages of asexual reproduction except ____________.

• produce varied offspring

• spread and colonize certain part of an area

• Reproduce without a mate

• produce a large number of offspring

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which of the following is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

• All organisms have genetic variation

• Parents produces identical off spring which is not suitable for survival in a changing environment

• Finding a mate is not needed

• It can produce a lot of offspring

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which is an example of asexual reproduction by regeneration?

• cloning sheep

• lizard regrowing a tail

• sea star arm producing a new organism

• strawberry plant producing stolons

In _______________ only one parent organism produces offspring.

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• pollination process

• fertilization process