Asexual and Sexual

Reproduction
Choice board

Create a short story, Create a poster or Complete the word

poem, or song on a comic strip search of this
topic from this unit displaying the unit’s vocabulary
information of this
unit

Write a letter to a Create a 10- Draw and label the

friend explaining the question quiz different stages
most of Mitosis or
important/interesting Meiosis
facts from this unit
(1 page)

Complete the Venn- List the different Complete the 24

Diagram to compare types of Asexual task cards and give
and contract asexual Reproduction and a brief explanation
and sexual provided the for each answer.
reproduction characteristic and
examples of each
Name: ________________________________ Date: _____________ Class: __________

Asexual and Sexual Reproduction Story, Poem, or Song

Directions: The story, poem, or song must include vocabulary words and material from this unit,
Use at least 10 vocabulary words.

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Create a poster or comic strip

Use the information from this unit to display the information you have learned.
Make sure to use at the least 10 vocabulary words.
Name: ________________________________ Date: _____________ Class: __________

Asexual and Sexual Reproduction: Choice Board

Directions: Use the clues to figure out the word. Fill in the blank and find the word in the word
search puzzle. Use vocabulary words from the Asexual and Sexual reproduction: diploid, asexual
reproduction, fission, budding, regeneration, vegetative reproduction, DNA, genes, nucleotide,
replication, sexual reproduction, egg, sperm, fertilization, zygote, homologous chromosomes,
haploid, meiosis, variation, mitosis.

1. one diploid cell divides into four sex cells: ____________________

2. pair of chromosomes that have genes for the same traits arranged in the same order.
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3. one parent organism produces an identical offspring: __________________________

4. cell that forms when a sperm fertilizes an egg: ____________________

5. molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group: ____________________

6. section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait: ____________

7. cell that has only one chromosome from each trait: ___________________

8. slight difference in an inherited trait among individual members of a species: ____________

9. a new organism grows from the body of the parent: ___________________

10. a male sex cell _________________.

11. an offspring grows from a piece of its parent: ____________________

12. an organism’s genetic material: ___________________

13. copying a DNA molecule to make another DNA molecule: ____________________

14. reproduction process of a sperm joining with an egg: _________________________

15. female sex cell: __________________

16. pairs of chromosomes: _____________________

17. prokaryotic cell division that forms two genetically identical cells: ___________________

18. offspring grow from a part of a parent plant: _________________________

19. genetic materials from two different sex cells created to make a ne unique organism.
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Name: ________________________________ Date: _____________ Class: __________

Write a letter to a friend explaining the most

important/interesting facts they need to know for upcoming
test questions: Most included vocabulary words from this unit
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Asexual and Sexual Reproduction Quiz: Write 10 questions along with answer choices that you
think you will see on the test. It can be multiple choice with 4, 5, or 7 answer choices, matching,
or fill in the blank.
Name: ________________________________ Date: _____________ Class: __________

Draw and label the different stages of Mitosis or Meiosis

Pick either Mitosis or Meiosis and draw out the different phase. You must include
all phase and the phase before and after mitosis or meiosis. Phases and parts have
to be clearly labelled in the cell: chromosomes, nuclear membrane, spindle fibers,
centrioles
Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________ Class: ____________

Asexual and Sexual Reproduction Venn-Diagram

Complete the diagram below. In each section you need a least 10 facts that is just asexual, 10 facts that is
just sexual reproduction, and 5 facts that each share.
Name: ________________________________ Date: _____________ Class: __________

Types of Asexual Reproduction

List the different types of Asexual Reproduction and provided the characteristic
and examples of each

Types of Asexual Characteristics Example

Reproductions
 Complete the 24 task cards and give a brief explanation for each answer.

Example:

Which phase does a cell spend most of its life in? Answer: C ; this is the stage it spends
A. Prophase growing and replicating DNA.
B. Metaphase
C. Interphase
D. Cytokines

1. 13.

2. 14.

3. 15.

4. 16.

5. 17.

6. 18.

7. 19.

8. 20.

9. 21.

10. 22.

11. 23.

12. 24.
 Which phase in Meiosis does crossover
What are the four kinds of
take place?
Asexual Reproduction?
A. Prophase
B. Interphase
C. Prophase II
D. Metaphase II

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Each human skin cell has ____ pairs of

chromosomes
A. 13 C. 23
B. 18 D. 46

Yeast has how many homologous pairs?

A. 8 B. 16 C. 24 D. 32

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A cell that has two of every What is the cell
called that results
chromosomes is ________. from fertilization?

A. egg
A. haploid c. an egg B. sperm
B. diploid d. a sperm C. zygote

D. diploid

5.
6.

____________ makes an exact copy of

What is the
process of sex
itself. cells joining
called?
A. Meiosis A. Mitosis
B. Mitosis
B. fertilization
C. Cell Cycle
D. Interphase C. variation

D. embryology

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A species of crab lives in Florida with no natural When a prokaryotic cell, such as bacteria,
predatory till human introduced large birds to the area. makes an identical copy of itself is an
The crabs in the area are slightly different in
appearance with blue crabs and brown crabs. The
example of ________________.
difference in color is an example of ____________. A. budding
A. variation B. regeneration
B. adaptation C. vegetative propagation
C. budding D. fission
D. fission

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Hydra is an animal that creates a new organism

A starfish can grow by mitosis and cell
by mitosis and cell division on the body of itself
division from a piece of its parent
needing no mate.
A. budding
E. budding
B. regeneration
F. regeneration
C. vegetative propagation
G. vegetative propagation
D. fission
H. fission

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A strawberry uses asexual reproduction when
creating offspring, it sends out runners from Which phase of the
the parent plant. cell cycle is this?
A. budding A. Interphase
B. regeneration B. Prophase
C. vegetative propagation C. Metaphase
D. fission D. Telophase

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Which phase of the Which phase of the

cell cycle is this? cell cycle is this?

A. Interphase A. Anaphase
B. Prophase B. Prophase
C. Metaphase C. Metaphase
D. Telophase D. Telophase

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 Which phase of the
Which phase of the
cell cycle is this?
cell cycle is this?
A. Interphase
A. Interphase
B. Prophase
B. Prophase
C. Anaphase
C. Anaphase
D. Metaphase
D. Metaphase

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Which of the following answer choices is Cytokinesis is the formation of

the correct order of Mitosis?
_________________?
A. Telophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase
B. Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase A. two identical daughter cells
C. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase B. two identical nucleic cells
D. Cytokinesis, Telophase, Metaphase, Interphase C. four identical daughter cells
D. four identical nucleic cells

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What is the purpose of Mitosis? What is the purpose of Mitosis?

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What is a main disadvantage of asexual

reproduction?

A. It takes four times as long as sexual reproduction

B. There is a lack of genetic variety in the offspring
C. It makes it impossible for farmers to create Which process is shown in the model above?
stable cultures
A. meiosis
D. It allows only for a single type of plant to grow
B. cell division
correctly.
C. mitosis
D. crossover

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