Reproduction

What is Reproduction?

A process where an organism creates new individuals of the same species

Types of Reproduction

Asexual and Sexual

How many parents does sexual reproduction need?

2

What is Fertilisation?

Where two gametes fuse together to create a zygote, which will develop into an embryo

A mode of fertilisation in which male gametes are delivered into the female reproductive system and fertilisation takes place inside the female

Internal Fertilisation

What is the Function of the Ovary

To produce ova (eggs, female gametes)

carries gametes from ovaries; fertilization can happen here

Fallopian Tube

Where does the fertilized egg implant and develop?

Uterus

Where can we find gametes?

Gonads

What does the Prostate Gland do?

produces a fluid that protects and nurishes sperm

What is the Urethra?

a tube which carries urine and sperm

Testes

produces sperm and testorone

Scrotum

holds the testes and regulates their temperature

What is the fertilisation process known as in plants?

Pollination

What does the Petal Do?

Attract pollinators with its bright colours

Anther

The part of the stamen that produces and holds pollen? (male gamete)

Stigma

The sticky head on the top of a stalk. Collects pollen from other plants

In asexual reproduction, are offspring genetically identical to the parent?

True

In sexual reproduction, do gametes fuse or not fuse?

They fuse

In Binary Fission, the information is ____ and split into half

copied

In Fragmentation, organisms break into ____ or more fragments, each of which grows into a complete organism over time

two

What is Vegetative Propagation?

Plants that have special tissue that can grow out from the original plant to form identical offspring

Spore Formation

Single-celled spores that come from ferns and fungi and travel before germinating and growing

Budding

where an identical daughter offspring forms on the side of the parent

Parthogenesis: an egg develops into an embryo without being ________?

fertilised

Why is Reproduction Needed?