Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

When a starfish grows a new body off a broken arm, what kind of reproduction is this?

• Sexual
• Differentiation
• Asexual 
• Specialization

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What type of asexual reproduction is taking place?

Fishermen work hard to catch and remove all the starfish that get into their favorite shell fishing beds and the “underwater farms” where they raise clams and oysters. In the past, they put the starfish into their boats, cut them up with knives, and then throw the pieces of starfish overboard. They thought this would kill the starfish. What they did not know was that each piece of starfish will grow into a whole new animal. What is this called?

• Regeneration

• Vegetative propagation

• Budding

• Fission

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No organism lives forever. This means all organisms must ____________.

• reproduce

• survive and live forever

• clone

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What are the two types of reproduction? click all that apply

• sexual

• sperm

• asexual

• variety

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A female egg cell unites with a male ________ cell to produce a fertilized egg.

• egg

• DNA

• plant

• sperm

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Asexual reproduction requires only ______ parent.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Asexual reproductions results in offspring that are genetically ___________ to the parent.

• different

• identical

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The main advantage of sexual reproduction is that it promotes ________________ within a species.

• species

• splitting

• variety

• sameness

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Survival of a (n) _________ depends on its ability to produce offspring.

• reproduction

• offspring

• genetic material

• species

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Sexual reproduction requires ______ parents.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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