Types of Reproduction
This type of reproduction needs only one parent.
(What is asexual reproduction?)
The cell formed when sperm and egg fuse.
(What is a zygote?)
The group of animals that feed their babies milk.
(What are mammals?)
Mammals feed their babies with this liquid.
(What is milk?)
The animal in which the male carries the eggs and babies.
(What is a seahorse?)
The process in which an organism splits and grows into a new one.
(What is fragmentation?)
Fertilization that happens outside the body.
(What is external fertilization?)
These animals usually lay soft, jelly-like eggs in water.
(What are amphibians?)
Birds often protect and warm their eggs by sitting on them. This is called ____.
(What is incubation?)
The largest egg in the animal kingdom comes from this bird.
(What is an ostrich?)
Reproduction that involves sperm and egg joining together.
(What is sexual reproduction?)
Animals that usually have internal fertilization.
(What are reptiles, birds, or mammals?)
This animal lays hard-shelled eggs and often builds nests.
(What is a bird?)
This type of animal usually shows no parental care after laying eggs on the beach.
(What is a sea turtle?)
This animal has the longest pregnancy, about 22 months.
(What is an elephant?)
The process where an animal grows a new individual from its body, like hydra.
(What is budding?)
The type of fertilization mostly seen in frogs.
(What is external fertilization?)
This group of animals can reproduce by both eggs and live birth (some species).
(What are reptiles?)
Parental care increases the chances of this.
(What is offspring survival?)
These reptiles can sometimes reproduce by parthenogenesis if no males are around.
(What are Komodo dragons?)
The name of reproduction where females can produce offspring without fertilization.
(What is parthenogenesis?)
This is an advantage of internal fertilization over external.
(What is better protection for the embryo?)
This animal can regrow a whole new body from one of its arms.
(What is a starfish?)
This reptile digs a hole in warm sand and leaves the eggs to hatch on their own.
What is a crocodile (or sea turtle)?
This aquatic animal dies shortly after laying thousands of eggs.
(What is an octopus?)