Inheritance, Variation and Evolution

Select all the organisms which sexually reproduce

• animals

• flowering plants

• plasmodium

• bacteria

Select the advantages of sexual reproduction

• produces genetic variation

• allows adaptation and evolution

• gametes made

• have to find and attract a male

Select the disadvantages of sexual reproduction

• requires energy and time

• populations grow slowly

• needs 2 parents

• natural selection

Select the organisms which asexually reproduce

• bacteria

• fungi

• cuttings and bulbs

• algae

• potatos

Select all the advantages of asexual reproduction

• fast process

• only 1 parent

• large numbers produced so population grows quickly

• little energy required

• identical offspring produced

Select all the disadvantages of asexual reproduction

• bad mutations get passed on

• lack of genetic variation so vulnerable to extinction

• only 1 parent

• large numbers produced

What is this process?

what is mitosis used for (1 thing)

Are the products of mitosis genetically identical?

What is this process?