Reproduction & Inheritance Revision

Which two characteristics both show discontinuous variation?

• blood group, gender

• gender, weght

• eye colour, height

• weight, eye colour

The passing of traits from parent to offspring

• Inheritance

• Genetics

• Chromosomes

• Genes

Process by which a single parent produces a new genetically identical organism

• Trait

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Gamete

Process by which two parents combine genetic material to produce a new organism

• Trait

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Gamete

Specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction

• Trait

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Gamete

What do you call the cell that forms from fertilization?

• fertilized egg

• sperm cell

• zygote

• egg cell

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

What do you call the female sex cell?

• egg cell

• sperm cell

• diploid

• haploid

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

All of the following are advantages of asexual reproduction except ____________.

• produce varied offspring

• spread and colonize certain part of an area

• Reproduce without a mate

• produce a large number of offspring

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which of the following is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

• All organisms have genetic variation

• Parents produces identical off spring which is not suitable for survival in a changing environment

• Finding a mate is not needed

• It can produce a lot of offspring

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

In _________,_____________ only one parent organism produces offspring.

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• pollination process

• fertilization process

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2