1. Reproduction

2. Reproduction Sexual Reproduction
Organisms produce new organisms like themselves
Sexual Reproduction
Two cells (gametes) involved and the two cells combine to form one cell (zygote)
Two parents produce offspring that share characteristics of both parents
Usually occurs in plants, animals, and most multicellular organisms

3. Benefits of Sexual Reproduction
Produce offspring with genetic material from both parents which creates a great variety in the species
More adaptations in species allow for greater adaptation to changes in the environment
In species where males help raise the offspring, it is possible to produce more offspring with a greater chance of survival

4. Disadvantages of Sexual Reproduction
Organisms reproduce two times slower so it takes longer to build the population
If a mate is not found, the female’s egg is wasted
Parents often have to raise the offspring; offspring are not self-sufficient

5. Asexual Reproduction
Reproduction in which a single parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent. It’s a clone.
One cell is involved (mitosis)

6. Benefits of Asexual Reproduction
Allow the plant to reproduce even when conditions are not right for seed germination
Organisms can produce more offspring faster
Population grows twice as fast; increasing the survival rate
Parent does not waste time or energy looking for a mate

7. Disadvantage of Asexual Reproduction
Organisms are identical so it is easy for them to get wiped out because they have the same genes
Fewer adaptations because offspring are identical to the parent

8. Types of Asexual Reproduction
Binary Fission
Cell divides into two cells (amoeba & bacteria)
Spores
Plant cells grow new plants (fern)

9. Budding Regeneration Fragmentation
A new organism grows from the body of the parent organism (hydra)
Regeneration
Part of an organism breaks off and then develops into a new individual identical to the parent (sea star)
Fragmentation
Very similar to regeneration, but is the main form of reproduction (flatworm)
(add pictures of the hydra and the sea star)

10. Vegetative Propagation
The production of plants from the parts of plants
It does not involve the formation of flowers, seeds, or fruits
The stem or root of the plant produces a new plant
Examples:
Tuber – potato
Bulb – tulip
Runner – strawberries
Rhizome – iris; ginger
Cutting – coleus
Crown – asparagus

11. Glue in pictures of the types of vegetative propagation