WORKSHEET: Sexual and Asexual

Reproduction
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION
Some organisms can reproduce _______. Only one parent
is needed and....
there are no ________
there is no mixing of _________ information from
two _________
there is no genetic _________ among the offspring
the ________ are genetically _________ to each
other and to the parent
these genetically identical offspring are called
_________.

SEXUAL OR ASEXUAL
REPRODUCTION?
Description
There is no genetic variation among the
offspring

Sexual or
Asexual

There is only one parent and all genetic

information is passed on to the offspring
from one parent
There are two parents and genetic
information is passed on from both of
these to the offspring
There is more genetic variation in this
type of reproduction
The offspring are clones of their parents