DNA, Inherited or learned, Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction

Reading a book

• inherited 
• learned

Involves only one parent

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Diverse

• Uniform

True or False? A tightly wound bundle of DNA is a chromosome.

• False

• True

Shape of your ears

• inherited
• learned

All offspring have identical genetic material to the parent. This organism...

• makes its own food

• is unicellular

• lives in a marine habitat

• reproduces asexually

What is a key benefit of asexual reproduction?

• produces many offspring quickly

• increases genetic diversity

• sometimes both parents help to raise the offspring

• the health of the population increases overtime because of genetic variation

What is a disadvantage of sexual reproduction?

• Requires more energy to find a mate

• No genetic diversity in offspring

• Genetic disorders pass to offspring

• Requires one parent

Tying your shoes

• inherited
• learned

Which is true for asexual reproduction?

• production of genetically identical offspring from one parent

• requires the fusion of two parent cells

• offspring are genetically unique from parent but unique to each other

• offspring are genetically unique from one another and parent

Janet is a fast runner. This is an example of an _______

• Inherited trait

• Acquired trait