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TEKS Grade 7 Science - 7.14.B Offspring from Sexual & Asexual Reproduction

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Certain species of whiptail lizards have only female individuals and no males. These lizards reproduce asexually. What is one disadvantage of asexual reproduction for these lizards?
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A new population can be established by a single individual in a relatively short period of time.
They are more likely to develop a variety of tail lengths.
All the members of a population are genetically very similar and less able to survive environmental changes.
They are smaller than lizards that reproduce sexually.

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Certain species of whiptail lizards have only female individuals and no males. These lizards reproduce asexually. What is one disadvantage of asexual reproduction for these lizards?
A new population can be established by a single individual in a relatively short period of time.
They are more likely to develop a variety of tail lengths.
All the members of a population are genetically very similar and less able to survive environmental changes.
They are smaller than lizards that reproduce sexually.
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7.14b
Q2
The hydra is a very small, simple animal that lives in water. Hydras reproduce asexually by budding, a process in which a bud breaks off an adult hydra and floats away. Which of the following best describes a hydra bud?
A hydra bud contains genetic material from its two parents.
A hydra bud has half as much genetic material as the parent hydra.
A hydra bud has different mutations than the parent hydra.
A hydra bud is genetically identical to the parent hydra.
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7.14b
Q3
A group of students prepared a table listing the types of reproduction that occur in several organisms. Based on this information, which of the organisms can produce offspring that are genetically identical to the parent organism?
Cats, hydras, frogs, and ferns only
Amoebas and yeasts only
Ferns only
Amoebas, yeasts, hydras, and ferns only
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7.14b

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