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Vocabulary
Asexual Reproduction
Sexual Reproduction
Advantages
Disadvantages
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What does reproduce mean?
To make new organisms of the same species
100
How many parents are needed for asexual reproduction to occur?
Only 1 parent cell is needed
100
How many parents are needed for sexual reproduction to occur?
2 parents (1 male, 1 female) are needed
100
Name an advantage of asexual reproduction?
Only needs one parent, happens very quickly, offspring are clones of parents, successful characteristics are guaranteed, requires less energy and time
100
Name a disadvantage of asexual reproduction.
Lack of variation, organisms are more susceptible to diseases, organisms are less likely to adapt to new environments
200
What is fragmentation?
When a creature breaks off a part of its' body to reproduce.
200
Are the daughter cells exactly the same as or different from the parent cells?
Exactly the same (identical copies)
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Are the offspring exactly the same or different from the parents? Why?
The offspring are different because they get characteristics from the father and the mother.
200
Name an advantage of sexual reproduction.
Lots of variation can occur, Variations can help organisms to survive in new environments, Help to protect entire populations from being killed by diseases
200
Name a disadvantage of sexual reproduction.
Organisms/Cells take a longer time to mature, Must have a mate (2 parents), Gametes (sperm/egg) can be lost, Takes more energy and time
300
What is binary fission?
When a cellular organism breaks itself into two smaller organisms to reproduce.
300
Name the three types of asexual reproduction.
Binary Fission, Budding, Fragmentation/Regeneration, 
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What is diverse offspring?
Offspring that look different from one another because they have both of their parents' genes.
300
Which type of reproduction can occur very quickly?
Asexual Reproduction
300
Which type of reproduction takes more time and energy? Why?
Sexual Reproduction because it takes more time for cells to mature and organisms to be fully formed (made of many cells)
400
What is budding?
When a creature forms a bubble like bud that pops off to reproduce a creature identical to it.
400
Which type of asexual reproduction do most bacteria use?
Binary Fission
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Give me an example of a creature that reproduces sexually.
Literally any creature with two parents.
400
Which type of reproduction creates organisms with a lot of variations? Why
Sexual Reproduction because the offspring get characteristics from both parents, rather than just one parent.
400
Which type of reproduction produces diverse offspriong and why?
Asexual Reproduction because the cells are exactly the same as the original parent cell.
500
What do we call the new organism or organisms made during reproduction?
Daughter Cells or Offspring
500
Which type of asexual reproduction do we see inthe stuff that makes up our bread?
Budding
500
During sexual reproduction, how much genetic material comes from each parent?
Approximately half.
500
Which type of reproduction creates organisms that would have an easier time adjusting to a new environment? Why?
Sexual Reproduction because there are more variations amongst the organisms created.
500
Which type of reproduction is more susceptible to disease (more likely to die of disease)? Why?
Asexual Reproduction because the cells are all the same and are more likely to die if a disease spreads.