Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

When one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization:

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

Occurs when an offspring grows from a piece of its parents:

• fission

• budding

• cloning

• regeneration

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What organism reproduces using regeneration?

• coral

• strawberries

• bacteria

• sea star

What is an disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

• An organism can reproduce without a mate

• Some organisms can quickly produce a large number of offspring

• There is little genetic variation within a population

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

When one diploid cell divides and makes four haploid sex cells:

• mitosis

• meiosis

Cells that have pairs of chromosomes:

• haploid cells

• diploid cells

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Cells that have only one chromosome from each pair:

• haploid cells

• diploid cells

A type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from two different cells combine, producing offspring:

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Pairs of chromosomes that have genes for the same traits arranged in the same order:

• haploid cells

• diploid cells

• homologous chromosomes

How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

• 18

• 23

• 26

• 46