Chapter 1

Question 1

Difference between sexual and asexual reproduction

Answer 1

Sexual reproduction always involves the fusion of 2 gametes

Asexual reproduction doesn’t need gametes

Question 2

Explain the process of binary fission

Answer 2

• The cell replicates their DNA
• after replication each copy attaches to a different part of the cell membrane
• when the cell begins to pull apart the chromosomes are separated
• a wall forms across the cell and divides it into 2 cells of identical genetic information