Types of Reproduction

Which is true about the offspring of asexual reproduction?

• They may look the same but are not genetically identical to the parent.

• Meiosis occurred.

• They are genetically identical to the parent.

• They have different genetic information but look identical.

Which of the following is an advantage to sexual reproduction?

• Rapid reproduction of a large amount of offspring

• More genetic mutations occur

• genetic variation

• offspring are identical to parents

Which type of reproduction takes the shortest amount of time?

• Asexual

• Sexual

• Monopolistic

• Bilingual

Which statement describes why genetic variation is beneficial to populations of organisms?

• individuals look different from one another

• only one parent is needed to produce offspring

• populations of the organism increase more rapidly

• species can better survive environmental changes

Sexual reproduction requires ______ parent(s) and asexual reproduction requires ______ parent(s).

• one, one

• two, two

• two, one

• one, two

What is one disadvantage of sexual reproduction?

• Only one parent needed
• Off spring are exact copies of parents
• Happens very quickly
• Needs two parents

Type of reproduction that as the greatest chance of surviving a disaster.

• asexual

• sexual

• monolinguistic

• polygenic

Which type of reproduction causes bacteria of a species to have the exact same DNA as each other?

• asexual

• sexual

• monopolistic

• linguistic

How many chromosomes do humans have (2N)?

• 22

• 42

• 23

• 46

A _______________ is any sex cell. (egg or sperm)

• zygote

• gamete

• chromosome

• gene