asexual vs sexual reproduction

What are the advantages of sexual reproduction? Choose all that apply.

• fast and efficient reproduction

• offspring genes are identical to parent

• offspring genes vary from parent

• can better adapt to environment and disease

• takes very little time and energy to reproduce

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Which is the best example of sexual reproduction?

• DNA is 100% the same

• Offspring receive genetic material from two parents.

• A bacterium divides into offspring identical to the parent.

• Daughter cells receive all the genetic material of a parent cell.

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Which is an advantage of sexual reproduction?

• It only needs one parent to produce offspring.

• It is a rapid process.

• It allows genetic variation.

• It produces identical offspring.

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Which of these statements about asexual reproduction is false?

• Asexual reproduction requires only one parent.

• Asexual reproduction increases variations in a population.

• Asexual reproduction is carried out by bacteria.

• Asexual reproduction can produce more offspring faster than sexual reproduction can.

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The offspring of sexual reproduction:

• receives half of its genetic material from each parent

• receives all of its genetic material from one parent

• receives genetic material from an outside source

• develops genetic material independent of any other source

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A scientist is observing a new species of organism. She observes that from generation to generation many of the organisms’ offspring have adaptations that their parents did not have. This organism is most likely reproducing through __________.

• budding

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• binary fission

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If a sexually reproducing organism has 20 chromosomes in its body cells, how many chromosomes did it inherit from each parent?

• 40

• 20

• 10

• 5

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There are a couple thousand different species of brittle star. At certain times of the year, male and female stars release sperm and eggs into the ocean. They can also reproduce by simply splitting in half and grow new body parts. How does the organism reproduce?

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual Reproduction

• Both Asexual and Sexual reproduction

• Can't reproduce

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The Monarch butterfly mates in the spring just before it migrates north. The male transfers a capsule filled with sperm and food. The female butterfly flies north then lays her eggs on milkweed plants. The leaves of the milkweed plant nourish her newly hatched larvae. Which reproductive strategy does the monarch butterfly exhibit?

• Sexual Reproduction

• Asexual Reproduction

• Both Types of Reproduction

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The whiptail lizard is an all-female species and is able to reproduce without a male to fertilize her eggs through a process called parthenogenesis. After a false mating , the female will lay eggs. The daughters are genetically identical to their mom. What type of reproduction?

• Sexual

• Asexual

• Both sexual and asexual

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