VPs: Amoeba Sisters Sexual VS Asexual Reproduction

What type of plant did the narrator's dad bring home?

• A rose

• A sunflower

• A cactus

• A spider plant

What is a key characteristic of asexual reproduction?

• It creates genetic diversity.

• It involves the uniting of gametes.

• It results in genetically identical offspring.

• It requires two organisms.

Which organism reproduces by budding?

• Grasshopper

• Spider plant

• Hydra

• Bacteria

A fertilized egg is called a _______.

• embryo
• blastocyst
• fetus
• zygote

What are some benefits of asexual reproduction?

• Benefits of asexual reproduction include rapid population growth, no need for a mate, preservation of successful traits, and colonization of environments.
• Increased genetic diversity and fast population growth

• Slower population growth, genetically identical individuals, preservation of successful traits.

• Dependence on environmental changes

What is a benefit of sexual reproduction?

• Reduced genetic variation.
• Increased risk of genetic disorders.
• Faster reproduction rate.
• Increased genetic diversity.

What do gametes typically have compared to somatic cells?

• Twice the number of chromosomes

• Half the number of chromosomes

• No chromosomes

• The same number of chromosomes

Why is genetic diversity important in sexual reproduction?

• It requires only one parent.

• It speeds up reproduction.

• It helps organisms adapt to environmental changes.

• It makes organisms identical.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Asexual Reproduction

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(b) Sexual Reproduction

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(c) Mitosis

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(d) Meiosis

• one parent

• cell division
• creates gametes

• occurs in somatic cells
• 2 parents

• most animals

• binary fission

• fertilization
• fragmentation
• genetically identical offspring

• homologous chromosomes

• ability to adapt to environmental changes

• genetic diversity

• budding

• plantlets

• 4 genetically diverse daughter cells