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This test is on Asexual Reproduction.
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Science
8th Grade
09/11/2014

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What is asexual reproduction?
Definition
Reproducing WITHOUT (keyword: WITHOUT) going through fertilization
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Define "asexual reproduction".
Definition
Where one parent produces offspring without going through meiosis or fertilization. (See card: What is asexual reproduction?)
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What are the types of asexual reproduction?
Definition
Fission, mitotic cell division, budding, and regeneration
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What is fission?
Definition
Cell division in prokaryotes that forms two GENETICALLY IDENTICAL cells.
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What is mitotic cell division?
Definition
An organism reproduces through mitosis and cell division.
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What is budding?
Definition
A new organism grows by mitosis and cell division ON the body of parent.
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What is regeneration?
Definition
An offspring grows from a piece of parent.
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What is vegetative reproduction?
Definition
Offspring grows from a part of parent plant.
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Define "cloning."
Definition
Performed in a lag which produces identical indiviuals from a cell or cluster of cells.
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What is plant cloning?
Definition
Cloning using tissue culture.
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What is animal cloning?
Definition
Take two animals, and clone one of the animals in the lab.
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What are the advantages of asexual reproduction? (HINT: disadvantages of sexual reproduction)
Definition
Reproduction without searching for a mate and and allows to reproduce fastly.
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What are the disadvantages of asexual reproduction? (HINT: advantages of sexual reproduction)
Definition
Small chance to survive, no genetic variation and mutations are passed down.
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