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Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

a)

fission

b)

budding

c)

cloning

d)

regeneration

2.

When one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization:

a)

asexual reproduction

b)

sexual reproduction

3.

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

a)

fission

b)

budding

c)

cloning

d)

regeneration

4.

Cell division in prokaryotes that forms two genetically identical cells:

a)

fission

b)

budding

c)

cloning

d)

vegetative regeneration

5.

Occurs when an offspring grows from a piece of its parents:

a)

fission

b)

budding

c)

cloning

d)

regeneration

6.

When offspring grow from part of a parent plant:

a)

fission

b)

budding

c)

cloning

d)

vegetative regeneration

7.

What organism reproduces using fission?

a)

coral

b)

strawberries

c)

bacteria

d)

sea star

8.

What organism reproduces using budding?

a)

coral

b)

strawberries

c)

bacteria

d)

sea star

9.

What organism reproduces using regeneration?

a)

coral

b)

strawberries

c)

bacteria

d)

sea star

10.

What organism reproduces using vegetative regeneration?

a)

coral

b)

strawberries

c)

bacteria

d)

sea star

11.

What is an disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

a)

An organism can reproduce without a mate

b)

Some organisms can quickly produce a large number of offspring

c)

There is little genetic variation within a population

12.

When one diploid cell divides and makes four haploid sex cells:

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

13.

Cells that have pairs of chromosomes:

a)

haploid cells

b)

diploid cells

14.

Cells that have only one chromosome from each pair:

a)

haploid cells

b)

diploid cells

15.

A type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from two different cells combine, producing offspring:

a)

asexual reproduction

b)

sexual reproduction

16.

Pairs of chromosomes that have genes for the same traits arranged in the same order:

a)

haploid cells

b)

diploid cells

c)

homologous chromosomes

17.

How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?

a)

18

b)

23

c)

26

d)

46

18.

What is a disadvantage of sexual reproduction?

a)

Genetic variation

b)

Organisms must grow and develop until they are mature enough to reproduce

c)

Selective breeding