Sexual vs Asexual

Which of the following is true of asexual reproduction?

• Offspring have half as much genetic material as the parent.

• Offspring have different mutations than the parent.

• Offspring contain genetic material from its two parents.

• Offspring are genetically identical to the parent.

Which type of reproduction produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent?

• Sexual

• Asexual

Which of the following is true of sexual reproduction?

• Offspring get 25% of their genes from their mother and 75% from their father.

• Offspring will get all of their genes from only one parent.

• Offspring get 50% of their genes from their mother and 50% from their father.

• Offspring get 75% of their genes from their mother and 25% from their father.

A long haired dog reproduces with another long haired dog and some of the offspring end up having short hair, while some have long hair. What type of reproduction resulted in these offspring?

• both sexual and asexual

• asexual

• sexual

Which statement is true?

• Sexual reproduction happens before asexual reproduction

• Sexual happens only in animals, and asexual happens only in plants

• Asexual requires one parent, and sexual requires two

• Asexual requires two parents, and sexual requires one.

The reason for genetic variation within a species is the result of what?

• photosynthesis

• extinction

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

What part of a cell is made of genes, and passes traits from parents to offspring?

• Cell membrane

• Mitochondria

• Cell wall

• Chromosomes

Where are chromosomes found?

• The cell membrane

• The nucleus

• The mitochondria

• Everywhere in the cell

Which of these shows things correctly from smallest to biggest?

• gene- chromosome- nucleus- cell

• chromosome- gene- nucleus- cell

• cell- nucleus- chromosome- gene

• nucleus- gene- chromosome- cell

What is a chromosome?

• The things made of genes that are found in the nucleus of a cell

• A characteristic a living thing has because of their genes

• The part of a cell that turns sugar into energy

• The different versions of a gene