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Types of Cellular
Reproduction Note Guide
1. What are some of the key characteristics of asexual reproduction?
2. What are some of the key characteristics of sexual reproduction?
3. Describe the following types of asexual reproduction using 1-2 complete sentences. Also
include an example of an organism that reproduces in that way.
Binary Fission:
Budding:
Sporulation:
Vegetative Propagation:
Fragmentation:
Parthenogenesis:
4. What are 3 advantages to asexual reproduction?
5. What are 3 disadvantages to asexual reproduction?
6. Why is genetic variation important?
7. List 5 examples of organisms that reproduce sexually.
8. What are 3 advantages to sexual reproduction?
9. What are 3 disadvantages to sexual reproduction?
Single Celled Organism Video
10. What type of reproduction do most singled celled organisms use?
11. What must a singled celled organism do before it can reproduce?
12. When a single celled organism reproduces, what is the result?
13. In what ways, if any, does a single celled organism differ from its parent?
Floral Arrangements
14. What type of reproduction do most plants use?
15. What nonliving force do plants rely on most often for pollination?
16. What are some of the ways in which plants encourage or trick animals into carrying their
pollen to other plants?
17. What proportion of each parent plant’s genetic material does each offspring plant have?
The Red Queen
18. What are the differences between the two species of minnows featured in the video?
19. Which species, the asexual or the sexual reproducers tend to be more heavily parasitized by
the worm that causes black spot disease? Why?
20. How are the sexual reproducers able to evolve defense against parasites more quickly and
more effectively than their asexual counterparts?
21. Scientifically explain the analogy given in this video of the Red Queen and the minnows.