Topic 1 Asexual Reproduction

Question 1

• Reproduction in non-animal organisms is asexual reproduction
• These organisms produce offspring that are clones, while sexual reproduction produces offspring that are genetically different from the parents

Answer 1

Note

Question 2

• Separation of an organism into two new cells (amoeba)

Answer 2

Fission

Question 3

• Occurs when a new individual grows from an existing one and then splits off (hydra)

Answer 3

Budding

Question 4

• When a single parent breaks into parts that regenerate into new individuals (sponge/planaria/starfish)

Answer 4

Fragmentation + Regeneration

Question 5

• Process in which egg develops without fertilization, resulting in an adult that is either haploid or diploid (honeybees, wasps, ants, some lizards, and hammerhead sharks)

Answer 5

Parthenogenesis