Reproduction and Cell Cycle

How many parents does asexual reproduction involve?

• one 
• two
• three
• four

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Which type of asexual reproduction is taking place?

A planarian is a non-parasitic flatworm. If a planarian was injured by a predator, it could re-grow its body parts. If the body parts were not eaten by the predator, the part could re-grow into a whole new planarian as well.

• Budding

• Fission

• Vegetative propagation

• Fragmentation

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The offspring from asexually reproduced organisms are?

• Different than their parents
• Identical to parents
• Like a combination from both parents
• A different species

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If two organisms reproduce sexually, then their offspring will exhibit a genetic makeup that is -

• identical to only one parent
• identical to all of its siblings
• a unique combination of traits
• the recessive traits of each parent

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Prokaryotes (bacteria) reproduce asexually via -

• spore formation
• bud creation
• vegetative propagation
• binary fission

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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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When comparing the offspring of sexually and asexually reproducing organisms, we would expect the genetic material (DNA) of the sexually reproducing organism to -

• contain fewer mutations
• be lesser in quantity
• be simpler overall
• show more variation

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This is when a new organism grows by cell division on the body of its parent. The bud, or offspring is identical to the parent. The bud, when large enough, can break off of the parent and live on its own.  Examples of this include yeast, hydra and potatoes.
 

• Regeneration
• Vegetative propagation
• Fission
• Budding

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This occurs when an offspring grows from a piece of its parent. Examples include Sea Stars, Sea urchins, sea cucumber, sponges, and planarians

• Vegetative propagation

• Budding

• Fragmentation

• Fission

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What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?

• Allows genetic variation
• Only needs one parent
• Happens very quickly
• Offspring are exact copies of parent

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