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?