Reproduction

Learn about sexual vs asexual reproduction! Discover how living things make babies with this fun science worksheet.

Read and Learn! Living things have different strategies for producing offspring (babies). Reproduction can be sexual or asexual.In asexual reproduction, there is a single parent. The offspring are all genetically identicalto the parent organism.In sexual reproduction, two parents contribute genetic information to produce unique (different, one of a kind) offspring.Sexual and asexual reproduction have advantages and disadvantages—which is why some organisms reproduce by both sexual and asexual reproduction strategies. Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction Visit the website by clicking on the DNA strand to the left. On the web page, click on the pictures of different organisms and decide if they represent sexual or asexual reproduction. Some organisms can be both. If you select the correct answer, the box will turn green. If you miss the answer, the box will turn red. Use the Venn Diagram and what you have learned to answer the following questions.1. Both types of reproduction result in _. Different DNA Two parents Identical offspring Offspring 2. Which of the following is an advantage of asexual reproduction? more young it is a faster process the young have two parents it uses DNA for genetic material 3. More complex organisms reproduce mainly by _ . asexual reproduction sexual reproduction both Match each term to its meaning. offspring babies or young asexual reproduction with only one parent sexual reproduction with two parents splitting a cell in half and forming two new cells asexual reproduction unique different; one of a kind identical an exact copy Sorting! Read the description and then decide if it is sexual or asexual reproduction. Sexual Human babies get 1 their genetic information from each parent The young develop from a fertilized egg cell A rosebush has flowers that are pollinated by bees Asexual Bacteria split into two cells to reproduce A new starfish grows from an arm broken off another starfish An amoeba rapidly produces exact copies of itself when conditions in the environment are good