Unit 4 :

Reproduction

4.1 Sexual and asexual

reproduction

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Learning Standard 4.1.1

 A student is able to compare and contrast sexual

and asexual reproduction in animals and plants.

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Reproduction
 The process of producing new individuals by living
parents.

By
Sexual reproduction Asexual reproduction

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Types Of Reproduction

Sexual reproduction Asexual reproduction

Production of new individuals Production of new individuals

through the fusion of a male by a single organism only
gamete and a female gamete without involving the
during fertilisation. reproductive cells.

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Sexual reproduction
Involves two parents, one male and one female

Male Female

Sex organs : Testes Sex organs : Ovaries

Male Female gametes

gametes : : Ovum or eggs
Sperms
Fertilisation

Zygote
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Sexual reproduction

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Fertilisation

The fusion of the nuclei of a sperm and an ovum to form

a zygote

Internal fertilisation External fertilisation

Fusion of the male and female
Fusion of the male and female
gamete inside the female body
gamete outside the female body

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Asexual reproduction
 
 Only one parent

 No fertilisation
 No variation

Spore Regeneration
Budding formation

Binary
Vegetative Tissue
fission reproduction culture

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Asexual reproduction
Binary
Budding   Spore Regeneration
fission formation

Planaria
Hydra
Amoeba Fungi

Starfish
Yeast
Paramecium Tissue
Moss
Vegetative culture
reproduction

Bryophyllum Potato Banana

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The division of a single parental cell into two

daughter cells.
Binary
fission Examples : Amoeba, Paramecium, bacteria

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The process of forming a bud at parent’s body.

Budding
Examples : Yeast, Hydra

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The process of producing spores in the

sporangium.
Spore
After sporangium splits, spores are scattered by the
formation
wind.

Examples : Ferns and Mosses

Sporangium

Spores

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The ability of the fragments of some organisms to

grow and develop into completely new individuals.

Regeneration
Examples : Starfish and Planaria.

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A process where part of existing plant such as

leaves, roots or stems grows to become new plant.
Vegetative
reproduction
Examples : Bryophyllum, sweet potato, onion,
grass, ginger and potato.

Leaves Roots Stems

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A technique of growing plant tissues on artificial

culture medium to produce clones of a plant.
Tissue
culture
Examples : carrot, banana

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Comparison Between Sexual And Asexual Reproduction

Involves Does not

reproductive involve
Produces cells and reproductive  
less number fertilisation cells and Produces
of offspring fertilisation large number
To produce of offspring
new
individuals
Less rapid
production Asexual  
Sexual
of offspring reproduction Rapid
reproduction
production
To ensure of offspring
the survival
Male and
of a species
female parents
One parent
are required to Offspring are
Offspring are is required
produce genetically
genetically to produce
offspring identical to
different from offspring
parents
parents

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Comparison Between Sexual And Asexual Reproduction

Sexual Asexual
reproduction reproduction

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Learning Standard 4.1.2

 A student is able to reason the importance of

reproduction.

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Importance Of Reproduction
 To ensure species  To increase the
does not extinct population of species

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Learning Standard 4.1.3

 A student is able to be grateful for the ability to

reproduce and the continuation of life as a gift from
God.

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Abandonment of babies
Is very cruel !

Should not happen!

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