Sexual & Asexual Reproduction 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

Question 1

What are gametes

Answer 1

Sex cells (egg and sperm)

Question 2

What does haploid mean

Answer 2

Only 23 chromosomes (not 23 pairs)

Question 3

Advantages of sexual reproduction

Answer 3

Varitaion in offspring, environment has less effect, natural selection & evolution means sexual reproduction is more adaptable

Question 4

Disadvantages of sexual reproduction

Answer 4

Slower as mate has to be found, fewer offspring typically produced

Question 5

What is sexual reproduction

Answer 5

Involves the fusion of male and female gametes

Gametes are haploid and are formed by meiosis

Question 6

What is asexual reproduction

Answer 6

Genetically identical offspring (clones), no fusion of gametes, genes from only one parent

Question 7

Advantantages of asexual reproduction

Answer 7

Fast as mate does not have to be found, more organisms can be produced

Question 8

Disadvantages of asexual reproduction

Answer 8

Environment change is likely to be unfavourable to organisms, no varitaion in offspring