Asexual vs Sexual Reproduction

A small growth on an organism that splits and grows into a new organism

• regeneration

• mitosis

• binary fission

• budding

When an organism splits into an exact copy

• fertilization

• binary fission

• regeneration

• budding

When an organism grows back a part that it lost

• fertilization

• binary fission

• regeneration

• budding

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.

A stem is cut from a plant and grows its own roots and leaves. A process called vegetative propagation (cutting)

What type of reproduction?

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

• Both asexual and sexual reproduction

Offspring are produced by growing out of the parent through a process called budding. The DNA are 100% the same.

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

• Both asexual and sexual reproduction

• Neither type of reproduction

What is true about the offspring in this image?

• They will be genetically unique and not identical to their parents

• They will share the identical DNA as their parent

• Two parents were required to create offspring

• The offspring will not carry the same diseases as the parent