What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
Reproduction is a process to produce a young one similar to their parents genetically or morphologically. There are two modes of reproduction:- asexual or sexual reproduction.
Sexual reproduction is the process of forming a diploid cell zygote from one haploid male gamete or one haploid female gamete. In this two parents are involved, and when a offspring is formed than variation occurs and variation is the key factor of the evolution. If there is no variation, population cannot respond to the changing environment and may face an risk of being extinct from the environment.
Asexual reproduction is the process of making two or more daughter cells from one parent cell, i.e, only one parent is involved. So, there is no variation occurs as in sexual reproduction occurs. It is dynamic, static where no evolution occurs in their morphological characters, where each offspring is genetically or morphologically identical to each other.
The long term survival period happens in sexual reproduction than asexual because of the variation. When genetic variation occurs, it helps the organism to survive in the drastic environmental changes.
Why is variation beneficial to the species but not necessarily for the individual?
Draw a labelled diagram of the longitudinal section of a flower.
What are the functions performed by the testis in human beings?
Why does menstruation occur?
How will an organism be benefited if it reproduces through spores?
Can you think of reasons why more complex organisms cannot give rise to new individuals through regeneration?
Asexual reproduction takes place through budding in
(a) amoeba.
(b) yeast.
(c) plasmodium.
(d) leishmania.
How does the embryo get nourishment inside the mother’s body?
What is the importance of DNA copying in reproduction?
How does reproduction help in providing stability to populations of species?
Did Döbereiner’s triads also exist in the columns of Newlands’ Octaves? Compare and find out.
What is a good source of energy?
Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multi-cellular organisms like humans?
What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the different trophic levels in it.
What changes can you make in your habits to become more environment-friendly?
What is the difference between a reflex action and walking?
If a trait A exists in 10% of a population of an asexually reproducing species and a trait B exists in 60% of the same population, which trait is likely to have arisen earlier?
Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?
Define the principal focus of a concave mirror.
You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper, how will you identify the contents of each test tube?
Why do acids not show acidic behaviour in the absence of water?
How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood?
How do auxins promote the growth of a tendril around a support?
How does chemical coordination take place in animals?
Draw the structure of a neuron and explain its function.
Which signals will get disrupted in case of a spinal cord injury?
Which part of the brain maintains posture and equilibrium of the body?
An object 5 cm in length is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm. Draw the ray diagram and find the position, size and the nature of the image formed.
The xylem in plants are responsible for
(a) transport of water. (c) transport of amino acids.
(b) transport of food. (d) transport of oxygen.
Compare and contrast nervous and hormonal mechanisms for control and coordination in animals.