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Comparing Asex and Sex Repro

The document is about plant reproduction. It discusses how strawberry plants reproduce asexually through runners and daughter plants. Daughter plants would be expected to be exactly the same as the parent plant genetically but could potentially have differences due to environmental factors. Examples of both sexual and asexual reproduction in plants and animals are identified. The best type of reproduction for a plant depends on the available space, with asexual reproduction being preferable when space is limited. A garden center uses cuttings rather than seeds to propagate dahlias because it allows growing many genetically identical plants more quickly.

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Comparing Asex and Sex Repro

The document is about plant reproduction. It discusses how strawberry plants reproduce asexually through runners and daughter plants. Daughter plants would be expected to be exactly the same as the parent plant genetically but could potentially have differences due to environmental factors. Examples of both sexual and asexual reproduction in plants and animals are identified. The best type of reproduction for a plant depends on the available space, with asexual reproduction being preferable when space is limited. A garden center uses cuttings rather than seeds to propagate dahlias because it allows growing many genetically identical plants more quickly.

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B1a.2.

1b

Ways of reproducing 1

Name

Class

The drawing shows a strawberry plant.


Daughter plants grow on runners. The
daughter plants will grow into new
strawberry plants.

daughter plant

Date

daughter plant

1 a Write down one reason why you


would expect the daughter plants
to be exactly the same as the parent
plant when they are fully grown.
b Write down one reason why the daughter plants might not be exactly the same as the
parent plant.
2 The table shows different examples of reproduction. Tick the correct boxes in the table to show
whether each one is an example of sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction.
Example

Sexual

Asexual

A litter of kittens
Growing an apple tree from a seed
Growing a geranium from a cutting
Bacteria reproducing on food
A woman having twin babies
Strawberry plants putting out runners
3 Most plants can reproduce sexually and asexually. Which kind of reproduction would be the best
for the plant in the situations below? Explain your answers.
a There is very little space for new plants to grow around the existing ones.

b The plant is growing in an area that does not have many other plants growing in it.

4 Jenny runs a garden centre. She has bred a new variety of dahlia that her customers like. She uses
cuttings to get more dahlia plants.
Why does she use cuttings rather than growing new dahlia plants from seeds? Tick two boxes.
Plants grown from seed will look exactly the same as their parent plants.
Plants grown from cuttings will have the same genes as the parent plant.
The dahlias grown from cuttings could all die from the same disease.
She can grow a lot of new plants more quickly using cuttings than she could if she grew them
from seed.
Plants grown from cuttings will all be exactly the same as each other.

1b

Ways of reproducing 1

Name

Class

The drawing shows a strawberry plant.


Daughter plants grow on runners. The
daughter plants will grow into new
strawberry plants.

daughter plant

Date

daughter plant

1 a Write down one reason why you


would expect the daughter plants
to be exactly the same as the parent
plant when they are fully grown.
b Write down one reason why the daughter plants might not be exactly the same as the
parent plant.
2 The table shows different examples of reproduction. Tick the correct boxes in the table to show
whether each one is an example of sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction.
Example

Sexual

Asexual

A litter of kittens
Growing an apple tree from a seed
Growing a geranium from a cutting
Bacteria reproducing on food
A woman having twin babies
Strawberry plants putting out runners
3 Most plants can reproduce sexually and asexually. Which kind of reproduction would be the best
for the plant in the situations below? Explain your answers.
a There is very little space for new plants to grow around the existing ones.

b The plant is growing in an area that does not have many other plants growing in it.

4 Jenny runs a garden centre. She has bred a new variety of dahlia that her customers like. She uses
cuttings to get more dahlia plants.
Why does she use cuttings rather than growing new dahlia plants from seeds? Tick two boxes.
Plants grown from seed will look exactly the same as their parent plants.
Plants grown from cuttings will have the same genes as the parent plant.
The dahlias grown from cuttings could all die from the same disease.
She can grow a lot of new plants more quickly using cuttings than she could if she grew them
from seed.
Plants grown from cuttings will all be exactly the same as each other.

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