Asexual vs Sexual Reproduction

How do traits of animals such as ear shape, nose shape, and hair color MOST often get passed to offspring?

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• adaptation

• instinct

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A fern produced offspring from spores. Which claim about the offspring is MOST accurate?

• They are genetically identical to the parent.

• They will have twice the genetic material of the parent

• They will have half the genetic material of the parent

• They will be better able to adapt to the environment than the parent.

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Strawberry plants are capable of reproducing sexually or asexually. When they reproduce sexually, how do the offspring receive their genetic material?

• They receive all of their genetic material from a single parent.

• They receive the majority of the genetic material from the male plant.

• They receive half of their genetic material from each parent.

• They receive the majority of the genetic material from the female plant.

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Why would a scientist use asexual reproduction to grow two offspring of a plant, instead of using sexual reproduction?

• The plants would be an exact genetic match

• The plants would have fewer recessive traits

• The plants would have greater genetic diversity

• The plants would be more likely to mutate.

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A particular peach tree produces peaches that are more resistant to disease than other peaches. What method would reproduce these EXACT peaches?

• use bees to pollinate the flowers

• reproduce by cross-pollination of different peach trees

• increase the diversity in the peach tree

• ensure that the peach tree reproduces asexually

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Which is the greatest benefit of sexual reproduction?

• capable of reproducing by meiosis

• ability to reproduce without a mate

• ability to produce genetically different offspring

• capable of producing offspring genetically identical to parent

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Wild blackberries reproduce asexually by sprouting new roots when stems touch the ground. They also reproduce sexually through their flowers. What is the advantage of the blackberry plant being able to reproduce sexually and asexually?

• It allows the plants to grow taller.

• It produces flowers that attract insects

• It produces blackberries that have more flavor.

• It allows blackberry plants to adapt to new conditions

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When a new organism grows by mitosis and cell division on the body of its parent:

• fission

• budding

• cloning

• regeneration

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Performed in laboratories and produces identical individuals from a cell or from a cluster of cells taken from a multicellular organism:

• fission

• budding

• cloning

• regeneration

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How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

• 18

• 23

• 26

• 46

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