Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

Asexual reproduction involves how many parents?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 6

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This type of asexual reproduction involves cells dividing in one spot, forming a bud or growth that becomes a new organism

• binary fission

• regeneration

• budding

• creating

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A benefit of sexual reproduction is:

• it involves 2 parents

• genetic identification

• genetic variation

• identical offspring

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Sexual reproduction involves how many parents?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 5

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Which could be benefits to asexual reproduction?

• efficient

• can create lots of offspring quickly

• because of large numbers offspring can compete with other species for food

• all of the above

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Sexual reproduction involves the uniting of

• buds

• zygotes

• blood cells

• gametes

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Which is a disadvantage of sexual reproduction?

• genetic variation

• slow

• unique offspring

• fast and efficient

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What would most likely happen to a forest of trees that reproduced asexually if a disease came and killed off the parent tree?

• the offspring are unique so they would live

• since offspring are identical they would also get the disease and die

• since offspring are identical they would survive

• the trees would survive because they want to

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Which organism reproduces sexually?

• cats

• hydra

• baceria

• flatworm

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Which statement gives an example of asexual reproduction?

• butterflies have genetic information passed from both parents

• two worms mate and produce more worms

• a hydra grows a bud that falls off and becomes a new hydra

• An petunia flower is produced from a pollinated plant

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