Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

An organism that has been reproduced by asexual means receives ______________ of its chromosomes from its one parent.

• 3

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

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An organism that has been reproduced by sexual reproduction received ____________ of its chromosomes from the male parent.

• 4

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

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Which type of reproduction results in diversity because the offspring are a combination of the parents and genetically different?

• Asexual

• Sexual

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___________________ is a type of asexual reproduction in which a piece of a parent organism breaks off to form an new organism (ex. starfish).

• fission

• budding

• regeneration

• fertilization

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When a single-celled organism splits into 2 new organisms it is called _________________.

• fragmentation

• fission

• budding

• sporulation

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When an offspring grows off from the body of a parent organism it is called __________________.

• budding

• fission

• fragmentation

• sporulation

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____________________ occurs when a male gamete (sperm) combines with a female gamete (egg).

• sporulation

• fertilization

• fission

• regeneration

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How many parents are required for sexual reproduction?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

If a sex cell has 10 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will there be after fertilization?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

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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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