7.14B Reproduction

Explore sexual vs. asexual reproduction! Learn how living things create offspring and compare their unique strategies.

Read and Learn! Living things have different strategies for producing offspring (babies). Reproduction can be sexual or asexual.In ASEXUAL reproduction, one parent produces uniform offspring genetically identical to the parent.In SEXUAL reproduction, two parents contribute genetic information to produce unique(diverse) offspring.Sexual and asexual reproduction have advantages and disadvantages. 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 (3) 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 (3) 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