Reproduction Flashcards

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What is Asexual?

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Where no inter-cause takes place. Only 1 parents.

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What is sexual?

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Where 2 parents have inter cause and fuse each others sex cells

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3
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What are the cells called in sexual reproduction?

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Gametes

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What are offspring identical to their parents called?

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Clones

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What is the name of the male gamete?

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Sex cell

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What is the process when 2 gametes fuse?

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Fertilisation

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Name some examples of asexual animals and plants

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  • blackworms
  • hammerhead sharks
  • daffodils
  • spider plants
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Name some problems with asexual reproduction

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  • If an animal gets a disease, when producing, it will give the disease to all it’s offspring. This may lead to the whole species dining.
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