Cellular Reproduction
Name: _____________________________________________
Read pages 684 – 685, page 248 and page 272 in your text book. In the boxes below, define the terms Asexual and
Sexual Reproduction. In the center box, explain how the 2 methods of reproduction are similar.
Asexual
Sexual
DETERMINE WHETHER EACH TYPE OF REPRODUCTION IS SEXUAL OR ASEXUAL AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE FROM YOUR
READING BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION PROVIDED.
Sexual or
Type of Reproduction Asexual?
Binary Fission
Budding
Fragmentation
Regeneration
Conjugation
Pollination
Sex cells
Example
Description
Methods of Cellular Reproduction
Characteristic
Mitosis
Meiosis
Occurs in what type of cells
Body Cells
Sex Cells (Oocytes and
Spermatocytes)
46
46
How many parent cells?
How many cell divisions take
place?
How many “daughter cells do
they end up with?
How many chromosomes are
present in a human parent
cell?
How many chromosomes are
present in a human
daughter?
What is the relationship
between the number of
chromosomes in the parent
cell to the number of
chromosomes in the
daughter cells?
Is it used in asexual or sexual
reproduction?
Examples :
Sperm Cells and Egg Cells