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Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3600secs

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1.

A mode of reproduction by which an organism arises from a single organism and inherit the identical genes of that parent

a)

Asexual Reproduction

b)

Sexual Reproduction

c)

Genetic Variation

d)

Alleles

2.
The offspring from asexually reproduced organisms are?
a)
Different than their parents
b)
Identical to parents
c)
Like a combination from both parents
d)
A different species
3.

A mode of reproduction in which an organism arises from two organisms and inherits half of its DNA from each parent

a)

Sexual Reproduction

b)

Asexual Reproduction

c)

Cloning

d)

Fragmentation

4.

Requires two parents

a)

sexual

b)

asexual

5.

Requires only one parent

a)

sexual

b)

asexual

6.

A small growth on an organism that splits and grows into a new organism

a)

regeneration

b)

mitosis

c)

binary fission

d)

budding

7.

Where in an animal cell are chromosomes found?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Everywhere!

c)

cell membrane

d)

mitochondria

8.

What part of a cell is made of genes, and passes traits from parents to their offspring (children)?

a)

Cell wall

b)

Chromosomes

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Cell membrane

9.

Over time, organisms that reproduce only asexually do not have genetic variation. This can cause problems for the organisms because they might not be able to -

a)

have cell divisions

b)

produce enough offspring

c)

adapt to their environment

d)

grow

10.

Which is a type of Asexual Reproduction

a)

Sexual

b)

Binary fission

c)

Cells

d)

organism

11.

Sexual reproduction results in

a)

No variation

b)

Large amounts of variation

12.

These are long strands of DNA in the nucleus that controls the traits of an organism.

a)

Gene

b)

Allele

c)

Chromosomes