Reproduction
The process that involves one or two parents producing an offspring.
reproduction
What is asexual reproduction?
the process of one parent splitting into an identical offspring
Sexual reproduction is____.
the process of two parents creating an offspring
Where are the reproductive organs of a plant?
In the flowers (angiosperms or flowering plants)
Humans share 50% of their genetic material with this fruit
bananas
Parents pass on their ______ to their offspring.
Traits/genes
Offspring of asexually reproducing offspring have ______ of their parents.
identical genetic material
Offspring receive ______ from each of its parents.
half of their genetic material
The stamen in a flower is also known as ____.
male reproductive part
Humans have ______ chromosomes.
46
In order for a species to survive they must...
reproduce
One advantage of asexual reproduction is _____.
it takes less time and produces more offspring.
Offspring have a better chance of survival because...
they are produced with a variation of genetic material and reduces the chances of bad genes being identically replicated
Where do seeds produce in a plant?
In the ovary
The letters in DNA stand for _______.
deoxyribonucleic acid
True or false, all living organisms reproduce?
True.
An example of an organism with asexual reproduction is ...
bacteria/ hydra/ yeast
A disadvantage of sexual reproduction is...
sexual reproduction takes a longer time (Also, produces less number of offspring)
The female reproductive parts of a flower are ____.
Pistil and Stigma
The building blocks of our bodies are called_____.
proteins
Reproduction is essential to organisms because...
it ensures survival of the species
An offspring in asexual reproduction is referred to as a clone because ____.
the offspring is genetically identical to the parent and to each other
Genetic material is found in ______.
DNA
_____ carries sperm cells in plants.
pollen
The four nucleotides of DNA are _____.
adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine