Animal Reproduction: Asexual and Sexual Methods

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What is the primary purpose of animal reproduction in the context of evolution?

To produce offspring with distinct characteristics

To create clones of the parental organism

To ensure the survival of a single species

To preserve and adapt, leading to evolution (correct)

Which type of reproduction involves the fusion of egg and sperm?

Asexual reproduction

Fission

Sexual reproduction (correct)

Parthenogenesis

What is the process by which a single organism becomes two or more independent organisms?

Fission (correct)

Budding

Parthenogenesis

Fragmentation

What is the term for the development of a new individual from an unfertilized egg?

Parthenogenesis Signup and view all the answers

Which type of reproduction typically produces clones?

Asexual reproduction Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of breaking of the body into pieces, some or all of which develop into adults?

Fragmentation Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

Increase in variation in offspring, providing an increase in the reproductive success of parents in changing environments Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a reproductive cycle controlled by environmental cues?

Breeding in frogs during rainy days Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth?

Fecundity Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason why some species exhibit hermaphroditism?

To solve the problem of finding a mate Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the change of reproductive organ regarding the environmental cues?

Sex reversal Signup and view all the answers

What is the type of fertilization in which eggs are fertilized outside the organism?

External fertilization Signup and view all the answers

Animal Reproduction: Asexual and Sexual Methods

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What is the primary purpose of animal reproduction in the context of evolution?

Which type of reproduction involves the fusion of egg and sperm?

What is the process by which a single organism becomes two or more independent organisms?

What is the term for the development of a new individual from an unfertilized egg?

Which type of reproduction typically produces clones?

What is the process of breaking of the body into pieces, some or all of which develop into adults?

What is the primary advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

Which of the following is an example of a reproductive cycle controlled by environmental cues?

What is the term for the ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth?

What is the primary reason why some species exhibit hermaphroditism?

What is the term for the change of reproductive organ regarding the environmental cues?

What is the type of fertilization in which eggs are fertilized outside the organism?

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