Types of Asexual Reproduction

Question 1

What is binary fission? Give an example of something that uses binary fission for reproduction.

Answer 1

• only used by bacteria
  -DNA is replicated and moved to other side of the cell
• cell pinches and splits into two new cells.

Question 2

What is budding? Give an example of something that uses budding for reproduction.

Answer 2

• cells begin to grow off the side of an organism through mitosis. Eventually it breaks off and becomes its own individual. Ex. hydra, yeast

Question 3

What is sporulation? Give an example of something that uses sporulation for reproduction.

Answer 3

• SIngle cells are released to float away. If they land in good conditions they will grow into new individuals through mitosis (copy) Ex. mold, mushrooms

Question 4

What is fragmentation? Give an example of something that uses fragmentation for reproduction.

Answer 4

• A piece breaks off an individual and grows into a whole new exact copy of the individual through mitosis.
  Ex. mushroom, starfish

Question 5

What is parthenogenesis? Give an example of something that uses parthenogenesis for reproduction.

Answer 5

• An organism can produce an offspring only using an egg that can be, or usually is, fertilized by an egg.
  Ex. Aphid, komodo dragon