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Which of the following describes the main advantages of sexual reproduction? 

• requires lots of time/energy
• no new gene combos can arise 
• diversity
• looks identical to the parent

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Sexual reproduction requires _____ parents and asexual reproduction requires ___ parents

• 1,1
• 2,2
• 2,1
• 1,2 

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Which of the following cells is a gamete?

• egg
• bone
• heart
• muscle

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Cell division occurs to allow for 

• Growth
• Reproduction
• Repair
• All of the above

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A primary benefit of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction is

• increased probability that some offspring will have traits that help them survive in changing conditions.

• the ability to produce offspring without any genetic disorders.

• the decreased probability that some offspring will have genes that are different from the parent, who is already well adapted to the environment.

• the reproduction of clones that can produce a new genes through mutation.

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Many invertebrate animals, such as the hydra, reproduce asexually. What form of reproduction in this stage of the life cycle of the hydra is shown in the diagram? 

• binary fission
• budding
  
• fragmentation 
• vegetation propagation

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Produces Gametes

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

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Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits

• variation

• phenotype

• hybrid

• dominant

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Reproduction involving 2 parents

• Asexual

• Co-sexual

• Sexual

• co-dominant

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Each daughter cell ends up with the ____ number of _______ as the ________.

• chromosomes, parent cel, same

• parent cell, same, chromosomes

• same, daughter cell, chromosomes

• same, chromosomes, parent cell

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