asexual rep

Question 1

definition of asexual reproduction

Answer 1

process resulting in production of genetically identical offspring from one parent

Question 2

types of asexual reproduction

Answer 2

budding- produces offspring by the outgrowth and eventual splitting off of a new individual from the parent

fission- a parent separates into two or more offspring of about equal size

Question 3

advantages of asexual reproduction

Answer 3

Mate (eliminates the need to find a mate)
Isolation (allows a population to perpetuate itself if its individual members are isolated from one another)
Time (permits organisms to multiply quickly without spending time/ energy producing sperm & eggs)
Energy

Question 4

disadvantages for asexual reproduction

Answer 4

Drastic change (asexual reproduction produces genetically offspring, limiting populations chance of surviving periods of drastic environmental change)

Question 5

what is a hermaphrodite

Answer 5

individual with male & female reproductive systems