Reproductive Strategies HW

All of the following are examples of asexual reproduction EXCEPT which answer?

• Cell division / Binary fission

• Splitting / Fragmentation

• Budding

• Fertilization

The male sex cell used in sexual reproduction is called what?

• sperm

• egg

• cardiac

• epithelial

The female sex cell used in sexual reproduction is called what?

• sperm

• egg

• cardiac

• epithelial

The goal for reproduction is to...

• Pass on an organisms genes

• Continue a species

• Add variation to a species

• Both pass on genes and continue species

A sex cell contains what percent of the individuals genes?

• 100%

• 75%

• 50%

• 25%

When humans reproduce the egg is fertilized within the woman's body. This is an example of what type of fertilization?

• External fertilization

• Internal fertilization

• lateral fertilization

• transverse fertilization

Some fish reproduce by the female dropping the eggs and then the male releasing sperm over the eggs to fertilize. This is an example of what type of fertilization

• External fertilization

• Internal fertilization

• lateral fertilization

• Transverse fertilization

Which process produces the most variation within a species?

• mitosis

• cloning

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

Which type of reproduction results in an offspring that is genetically identical to the parent?

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• external fertilization

• internal fertilization

Requires two parents.

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction