Asexual Reproduction
The number of parent organisms required for asexual reproduction.
What is 1?
With sexual reproduction, offspring are genetically ____ than the parents.
What is different?
A new organism created by one or more parents.
What is an offspring?
A new tree grows from the roots of a parent tree.
What is asexual reproduction?
With asexual reproduction, offspring are genetically ____ to the parents.
What is identical?
The number of parent organisms required for sexual reproduction.
What is 2?
To be varied or different
What is variation?
A starfish loses part of its body, which eventually grows into a new starfish.
What is regeneration?
An advantage of asexual reproduction is...
What is...
- only one parent necessary
- faster process that is more time & energy efficient
- population grows rapidly
An advantage of sexual reproduction is...
What is...
- genetic variation in the population
- more easily adapt to changing environmental conditions
- "speeds up" evolution
A short section of DNA that has instructions that determine your traits.
What is a gene?
A hydra forms a bud on its body, that eventually breaks away as a clone of the parent.
What is budding?
A disadvantage of asexual reproduction is...
What is...
- lack of genetic variation
- mutations can easily occur
A disadvantage of sexual reproduction is...
What is...
- population growth is slow
- takes a lot of time and energy to find a mate
The characteristics that are passed down from parent to offspring.
What are inherited traits?
What are the two ways to tell if offspring was produced through asexual or sexual reproduction?
If the offspring have genetic variations, then they reproduced sexually.
If the offspring have only one parent, then they reproduced asexually.
The conditions of the ocean change (temperature and pH). Species in the lake include sexually reproducing fish, jellyfish that reproduce by budding, and sponges that reproduce by regeneration. Which will most likely survive changing ocean conditions?
What is the sexually reproducing jellyfish?
There is ____ ____ in a population that reproduces sexually.
What is genetic variation?
DNA stands for...
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
A hammerhead shark is alone in an aquarium but somehow produces a baby shark.
What is asexual reproduction?