Wednesday Science BR 1.15 : Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

Budding is a process in which a new individual is formed that is a clone of the parent. This type of reproduction is _____.

• Sexual

• Binary Fission

• Asexual

• Fragmentation

What would be a possible disadvantage of asexual reproduction.

• Ability to reproduce in the absence of a mate

• Results in low genetic variation of the species

• Allows for more genetic variation in the offspring

• Takes less time to produce offspring

Sexual Reproduction _____

• results in genetic variation in the offspring

• produces offspring that are identical to the parent

• decreases the chances of survival of the species

• results in genetic material being donated to offspring by only one parent

Which is an example of sexual reproduction?

• An egg cell joining a sperm cell in fertilization.

• A hydra formed by budding

• An amoeba formed by binary fission

• A starfish formed by fragmentation

What advantage would a plant have when it reproduces using vegetative propagation? Like a potato.

• The plant can adapt easily to environmental changes.

• The plant will produce plants with genetic variability

• The plant will produce plants well adapted to its environment

• The plant will be able to reproduce quickly.

Which is not related to asexual reproduction

• only requires 1 parent

• Genetically identical to the parent/uniform offspring

• less variation or biodiversity

• easily adapts to changes in the environment

• fast population growth and requires less energy and time

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Amoeba reproduce asexually? Which of the following statements best describes the new amoeba cell?

• The new amoeba cell only contains half of the genetic material from the parent amoeba cell.

• The new amoeba cell is a different species than the parent amoeba cell

• The new amoeba cell received half of its genetic material from each parent.

• The new amoeba cell is genetically identical to the parent amoeba cell.

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• budding
• binary fission
• sporulation
• regeneration

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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
• Regeneration

A mode of reproduction in which an organism arises from two organisms and inherits half of its DNA from each parent

• Sexual Reproduction
• Asexual Reproduction
• Cloning
• Fragmentation

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