GENERAL BIOLOGY 2

(ASYNCHRONOUS TASK)

Name: Date:

Year/Strand:

Direction. Perform the following activities. If you are at home, you can have the activity together with your
family.
Take note of each step.

ACTIVITY 1: PLANT AND ANIMALS SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

tudy the given images below

showing how animals and plants
reproduce sexually.
Answer the succeeding questions.
Study the given images below showing how animals and plants reproduce sexually. Answer the succeeding
questions.

1. What similarities have you observed with the process of sexual reproduction in plants in plants and
animals?

2. How does sexual reproduction in plants differ with animals?

ACTIVITY 2: INVESTIGATING REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES BETWEEN PLANTS AND ANIMALS
You are an ecologist who wants to find out the advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual
reproduction. To answer this question, look for two animals and two plants: one reproduces sexually and the
other asexually. Compare them using the table below. You may attach pictures of your chosen subjects.

Plant Organism that Plant Organism that Animal Organism Animal Organism
reproduces sexually. reproduces asexually. that reproduces that reproduces
sexually. asexually.

Relatively
complexity of the
organism (including
size)

Number of parents
who contribute
genetic information
to the offspring.

Reproductive
Mechanism

Relative amount of
parental care

Genetic Variation in
offspring
Guide Questions:
1. Based from your responses in the table above, differentiate sexual and asexual reproduction.

2. In your opinion, which mode of reproduction is more advantageous in terms of promoting biodiversity?
Why?

ACTIVITY 3: LOOKING BEYOND: CLONING in Animals and Plants

A. READ
Genetically identical offspring are called clones. Both plants and animals can be cloned. Plant
Cloning (vegetative propagation) is an ancient form of producing desired outcomes in plant species.
Artificial vegetative propagation includes processes such as cutting, grafting and tissue culture. Animal
Cloning is the process by which an entire organism is reproduced from a single cell taken from the parent
organism and in a genetically identical manner. In animals, only embryonic cells are naturally capable of
going through the stages of development in order to generate a new individual. These cells are totipotent
stem cells and they are capable of differentiating into any type of adult cell found in the organism.
Clones lack genetic diversity. Plant cloning allows a large amount of genetically identical plants to
be produced from a single parent. The advantage of this genetic uniformity is that all of these plants will
have the exact same genetic characteristics, which may not have been transmitted to seeds formed by
sexual reproduction. However, this reliance on plants with particular genetic makeups reduces overall
genetic diversity. This makes them more susceptible to disease. It also makes them less adaptable to
changes in the environment.
Cloning allows farmers and ranchers to accelerate the reproduction of their most productive
livestock in order to better produce safe and healthy food. Cloning reproduces the healthiest animals, thus
minimizing the use of antibiotics, growth hormones and other chemicals.
Over the last years, scientists have conducted cloning experiments in a wide range of plants and
animals using a variety of techniques. There were also attempts made on human cloning.
Guide Questions:
1. What are the benefits of cloning on animals? Plants?

2. Let us say that you are working on a high-tech science laboratory. Your task is to clone a new organism
that our local farmers will benefit for the sustainable development in the field of agriculture. What kind of
organism will you clone? Describe it briefly.
3. What do you think is the reason why ethical issues arises more on animal cloning than on plant
cloning?

B. Write a position paper on your stand on “Human Cloning: Is it Biological Plagiarism?” Be guided with
the rubric below.
“HUMAN CLONING: IS IT BIOLOGICAL PLAGIARISM?”
Rubric for Scoring