Reproduction: Sexual vs. Asexual

Reproduction is when a(n) _____________________.

• new organism is made

• organism dies

• organism eats food

• organism fights another organism

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Reproduction results in new _______________.

• parents

• offspring

• grandparents

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Offspring means ___________________.

• babies or young

• parents

• grandparents

• cousins

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Sexual Reproduction involves ______ parents.

• zero

• one

• two

• three

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Asexual Reproduction involves _______________. (select two)

• two parents

• an organism cloning itself

• one "parent" (no true parents)

• no organisms

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For sexual reproduction to occur (happen), there must be __________.

• sperm and eggs

• two males

• two females

• a single organism

The offspring of sexual reproduction are genetically _____________.

• identical

• the same

• different

• clones

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For sexual reproduction to occur there must be

• only one parent

• two females

• two males

• a biological male and female

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A positive aspect (thing) about sexual reproduction is that there is/are ______________________.

• no genetic diversity

• all clones being produced

• genetic diversity

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A negative aspect (thing) about sexual reproduction is that there is/are ______________________.

• no genetic diversity

• all clones being produced

• genetic diversity

• possible difficulty in finding a mate if you are a rare species

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