Asexual Reproduction Worksheet
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Name:_____________________________________________
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Science 8 – Hagan
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Asexual Reproduction
Essential Objectives:
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I can explain the different types of asexual reproduction.
2. I can give examples of animals and plants that reproduce asexually
3. I can describe the advantages and disadvantages of reproducing asexually
TYPES OF ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
carried out by unicellular organisms, many lower animals, and many plants
asexual reproduction IS mitosis
offspring are identical to the parents
the process is usually rapid and results in a large number of offspring
there are several types of asexual reproduction
Benefits: In a stable environment a large number of offspring can be produced in a short time.
Its quick, takes less energy and all the offspring are viable (can reproduce)!
Drawbacks: If the environment is unstable (think global warming or infectious diseases),
offspring will have the same limited genes as their parent. The lack of gene variety means
that offspring are more vulnerable to extinction!
1. binary fission or “fission”
the division of nuclear material and cytoplasm into 2 parts that are _________ resulting in
___ new organisms which are ________________ to each other
basically is simple animal cell mitosis
organism examples _______________________________________________
Drawing of binary fission:
2. budding
in unicellular organisms
o Different from binary fission because ______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
in multicellular organism
Examples: ________________________
Drawing of budding:
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