6.1.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Sexual and Asexual Reproduction (SEPARATE ONLY)
it produces variation in offspring
Describe an advantage of sexual reproduction
1. only one parent needed 2. more time and energy efficient as they do not need to find a mate 3. faster than sexual reproduction 4. many identical offspring can be produced when conditions are favourable
Describe four advantages of asexual reproduction
1
How any parents are involved in asexual reproduction?
natural selection can be sped up by humans in selective breeding
How can humans manipulate sexual reproduction to increase food production?
if the environment changes variation gives a survival advantage by natural selection
How does producing variety in offspring act as a benefit of sexual reproduction?
2
How many parents are invovled in sexual reproduction?
Malarial parasite
Name a parasite that reproduces both sexually and asexually depending on the circumstance
daffodils
Name a plant that reproduces asexually by bulb division
strawberry plants
Name a plant that reproduces asexually by runners
when they produce spores
When do fungi reproduce asexually?
to produce seeds
When do plants reproduce sexually?
in the human host
When does a malarial parasite reproduce asexually?
in the mosquito
When does a malarial parasite reproduce sexually?
to give variation
Why do fungi reproduce sexually?
