Asexual vs Sexual Reproduction

Involves two parents and produces offspring different from parents

• external fertilization

• sexual reproduction

• internal fertilization

• asexual reproduction

A special part of cell division where the nucleus of the cell makes a copy of itself and divides into two new nuclei

• zygote

• pollination

• clone

• mitosis

The joining of male and female sex cells

• asexual reproduction

• internal fertilization

• pollination

• fertilization

Identical copy of parent

• zygote

• clone

• sperm

• pollen

One cell that has both female and male reproductive cell

• mitosis

• clone

• pollination

• zygote

Female reproductive cell in animals

• egg

• pollen

• sperm

• zygote

Male reproductive cell in animals

• egg

• sperm

• clone

• pollen

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.

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.

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