SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Where does an off spring get its traits in asexual reproduction?

• From both parents
• From only one parent
• From neither parent
• There are no traits handed down

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Sexual reproduction requires _____ parents and asexual reproduction requires ___ parents

• 1,1
• 2,2
• 2,1
• 1,2 

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

All of the offspring of an organism have the same genetic material, which is identical to the parent organism. From this, we can conclude that this organism -

• makes its own food

• is unicellular

• live in a marine habitat

• reproduces asexually

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

California blackworms, also known as mudworms, are able to break apart. Each body section that broke apart is able to become an identical new worm. What type of reproduction does this example represent?

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Penguins lay 1-2 fertilized eggs that the male and female take turns incubating on their feet. What type of reproduction does this example represent?

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Reproducing asexually will produce offspring ...

• genetically different from each other

• genetically identical to the parent

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

This process is NOT a type of asexual reproduction ...

• fusion

• binary fission

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

2 dogs reproduce, 2 sex cells join together & form offspring. The resulting offspring is likely

• to express only recessive traits
• to be identical to ONE parent
• to share some traits from BOTH of its parents

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

• New species of organisms cannot come into being.
• The offspring does not multiply rapidly.
• The offspring does not live for long.
• All of these

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The genetic instructions are found in ---- within the DNA

• traits
• chromosomes
• genes
• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1