Monday, January 26, 2009

Asexual Reproduction Assignment - Period 6



Now that we have been learning about/teaching others about the various types of asexual reproduction, I want you to start to put together what you know.

So, here's your assignment:
1. Pick 3 types of asexual reproduction
2. Tell what they are and give examples of organisms that use them
3. Write a paragraph or two that talks about what they have in common and how they are different from one another.

This is due by Wednesday, January 28th at 11:59 pm.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

In class, everyone presented a skit on a different types of asexual reproduction. I learned a lot from everyones presentations. Three types of asexual reproduction are bulbs, runners, and rhizomes. Bulbs are stems under the ground that store food. The food that gets stored in thick leaves of the bulb. Every bulb is made into a new plant. An example of an organism that uses bulbs is onions. Runners is another type of asexual reproduction. Runners are stems that grow out over the ground from another stem. New plants grow on the runners. Examples of organisms that use runners are strwberries and some grasses. Rhizomes are long stems that grow under the soil. New plants grow along the stem. Examples of rhizomes are lawn grasses, ferns, and irises. These three types of asexual reproduction all have something in common. All three of these types of asexual reproduction produce new plants. Even though they all have something that are in comman they also have differences. Not all three of them are underground stems and not all three of them grow above ground.

Anonymous said...

In class, we are learning about asexual reproduction. Everyone had to present a skit to teach everyone else about their type of asexual reproduction. The three types I chose to write about are budding, regeneration, and binary fission. In budding, the parent cell grows an outgrowth which is a new organism. Sometimes the new organism falls off, or remains on the parent cell to form a colony. Yeast and Hydra reproduce this way. Regeneration is the development of a new organism from part of the parent organism. For example, if a starfish lost one of it's arms the original starfish would grow a new arm and the arm that was lost would grow the other arms needed. Planaria and starfish reproduce this way. In binary fission, a one celled organism divides using mitosis to form two new daughter cells. It is the simplest type of asexual reproduction. Amebas, paramecia, and bacteria reproduce this way. The three types of asexual reproduction that I chose all have something in common. They all split apart to form either one or two new organisms.

Anonymous said...

The 3 types of asexual reproduction I chose were binary fission, regeneration and bulbs. Binary Fission is when the prokaryotic cell divide into two parts and have the ability to grow into 2 cells. Amoeba and bacteria are examples of binary fission. Regeneration is if a part of a living organism is cut off or comes off, the organism grows a whole new part and the cut off part grows a new organism. Starfish is an organism that does binary fission.
Bulbs are underground stems that have thickened leaf bases and store food. Each bulb grows into a new plant. An Example is onions.
These 3 types are alike because they all grow into a new version of the original. They are different because not all of them grow underground and not all of them happen in bacteria.

Anonymous said...

In class, we started to learn about asexual reproduction. Everyone in the class, got into a group, picked an asexual form of reproduction and presented a skit or something to teach us about their topic. The three types of asexual reproductions that I picked are cuttings, grafting, and budding. Cuttings is when the part of a cutting is put into the ground and then a new plant forms out of that piece. An example of grafting is a spider plant. Grafting is when a part of a plant falls off and attaches itself to another plant and it becomes part of that plant. The attachment is called the scion and the old part or scar of the plant is called the stock. Examples of grafting are branches or leaves. Budding is the last of the three forms of asexual reproduction that I picked. Budding is when an extra part of yeast is formed on the side of the yeast and then is detached. After it becomes detached, it forms a whole new bud. All of these asexual reproduction have something very much in common. All of these release some part of the original organism and the part becomes a whole new organism. Although this is something that they have in common, they also have something uncommon between all three. Not all of the three are plants. The budding is yeast while cuttings and grafting happens on plants.

Anonymous said...

The 3 types of asexual reproduction that I will talk about are bulbs, tubers and binary fission. First bulbs are underground stems specialized for food storage. The food is stored in the thick leaves of the bulb. Each bulb can develop into a new plant. An organism that uses bulbs is an onion. The second type of asexual reproduction is tubers. Tubers are underground stems that contain stored food. An example of an organism that uses tubers is white potatoes. The “eye” of the potato is buds that can develop into new plants. The last type of asexual reproduction is called binary fission. Binary fission is the easiest type of asexual reproduction. In binary fission a one celled organism divides by mitosis to form 2 daughter cells. The chromosomes of the offspring are identical to the parent cell. An organism that uses binary fission is an ameba. The things that bulbs and tubers have in common are that both of these asexual reproduction types occur underground. The other thing they both have in common is that they both hold food. The things these 2 organisms don’t have in common are that they both occur in different organisms. The thing binary fission doesn’t have in common with nether bulbs or tubers is that in binary fission mitosis occurs which doesn’t occur in either bulbs or tubers.

Anonymous said...

In class on Monday and Tuesday the whole class performed there type of asexual reproduction. I learned so much from other people’s presentations. Like what kind of plants use that type of reproduction. 3 types of asexual reproduction are cuttings, grafting, and rhizomes. A rhizome is a horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots out from its parent to produce another plant. Rhizomes are long stems that grow under the soil. New plants grow along the stem. Examples of rhizomes are lawn grasses, ferns, and irises. Another type of sexual reproduction is cutting, cuttings happen in witch a piece of a plant containing at least one stem cell is placed in a suitable environment such as moist soil, potting mix. The cutting produces new roots, stems, or both, and then become a new independent plant of the parent. Last but no least, grafting. Grafting is a method of asexual plant reproduction widely used in agriculture where the tissues of one plant are encouraged to join with those of another plant. It is most commonly used for trees and shrubs grown commercially to produce a product. All three types of asexual reproduction cause another plant to produce. One thing that is different about these plants is that they all don’t grow under the ground and stay there. They all come above the ground after they have grown a little. The all need water to survive and need a suitable environment to survive in to reproduce and keep there species going on for ever

Anonymous said...

For this assignment, I picked the following 3 types of asexual reproduction: Bulbs, Budding, and Regeneration. Bulbs are stems that are underground and are specialized in storing food. The food is stored in leaves of the bulb. Each bulb turns into a new plant. A example of an organism that uses Bulbs are onions. Budding is when an organism (for example, yeast) grows on another organism of the same species until a certain point in size and then it falls off and grows by itself. Regeneration is when a part of an organism (for example, the Starfish) gets cut off. The parts that were cut off regrow into a new organism.

The similarities between Regeneration, Budding and Bulbs are that they are all forms of asexual reproduction, well that's about it. But the differences are many. Bulbs are specialized in food storage and are underground, Regeneration is making new organisms from lost limbs. And while they are doing that, Budding is making new organisms from the organism itself.

Anonymous said...

I looked at regeneration, graphing and spores. these are all forms of asexual reproduction. Regeneration is what i will be looking at first. Star fish and planaria use regeneration. if a star fishes arm gets cut off, it will grow back, but the arm will grow into a whole other star fish. Graphing is used a lot with apples and banana trees. Graphing is when you take a part of a different plant/tree and put it into the place where the old cut off piece ( stock ) used to be. after you put it there, it will start getting water from the tree and it will start growing onto the tree itself. The last thing i will be looking at is spores. Some things that use spores are bread mold and mushrooms. how spores work is a little capsule opens and releases mold. in the presentation i saw, they pair explained how it could travel form one piece of bread to another. also, mold is hard, it has to be because if it was soft, it wold die when it hit the other piece of bred. i think all of the asexual subjects i looked at are alike because they all use one parent ( hence the asexual part ) and they all create new types of them selfs, and they are the exact same. Those were all the similarities i could find.

Anonymous said...

In class we have been learning about various types of asexual reproduction. Although I was absent when everyone performed a skit on there topic, I still am able to write about what I know since I have notes and I read chapter 19 in the upco book. Three types of asexual reproduction are regeneration, bulbs, and runners. Regeneration is when there is a new organism that is formed from part of the parent organism. Starfish, and planaria are an example of this. If you cut a starfish into pieces, each piece of the starfish would grow into a new starfish. If you tried to kill a starfish each part would grow into a different starfish so the starfish wouldn't die. One time an oyster fisherman attempted to kill a starfish and it didn't work out. Bulbs are another type of asexual reproduction. Bulbs are underground stems. They are specialized to hold food. The food is held in the thick leaves of the bulb. Onions are an example of a bulb. Each bulb can develop into a new plant. Another type of asexual reproduction is binary fission. Binary fission is very simple. During binary fission a one celled organism divides by mitosis. This forms two daughter cells. The nucleus and cytoplasm divide equally. Some things that reproduce by binary fission are amebas, paramecia, and bacteria. These three types of asexual reproduction have things in common and they have things that are not in common. One thing that they all have in common is that they all reproduce into a new organism.

Anonymous said...

Three types of asexual reproduction are cuttings, tubers and rhizomes. Cuttings are pieces of roots, stems, or leaves develop into new plants under proper conditions. Example- bananas and roses. Tubers are underground stems that contain stored food. Example- potatoes. Rhizomes are long modified stems that grow horizontally under the soil. New plants are produced at nodes along the stem. Example- lawn grasses and ferns. These three types of asexual reproduction produce new plants. A difference is that some grow underground and some grow above ground.

C. Smith said...

The types of asexual reproduction I choose were budding, regeneration, and sporulation.

Budding is when a new organism develops as an extension from the parent cell. The new organism is called a bud. Examples of organisms that use budding are yeast and hydra. Regeneration is the development of a new organism from a part of the parent organism. Regeneration can also be the replacement of lost body parts like one a lobster can regrow a new claw. Examples of organisms that regenerate are starfish and planaria. Sporulation is the formation of spores. Spores have a nucleus and a small amount of cytoplasm and have a tough
coat that protects them from extreme heat or cold. Examples of organisms that form spores are
bread mold, and mushrooms.

Budding and regeneration both take pieces of the parent organism and grow a complete new organism. Sporulation takes a tiny bit of the parent and grows a new organism almost like a
seed grows into a plant. Spores also have tough coatings that allow the spore to survive
extreme heat or cold for long periods of time that would not survive budding or regeneration.

Anonymous said...

In science we presented skits on asexual reproduction. Everyone chose a different type of asexual reproduction. I learned alot about
binary fission,grafting and regenration. Binary Fission is when the cell divides into two parts too make two cells. Regeneration is when part of a living organism is cut off and that part grows back. A good example is a Starfish.
Grafting is when you take part of a plant and put it in a older part of a different plant.. An example of Grafting is aplle trees

Anonymous said...

The three types of asexual reproduction i chose to pick for this assignment are budding, regeneration and binary fission.
Budding is a piece of an organism that grows off of the parent and the offspring pops off and grows into an identical organism. An organism that reproduces by budding is yeast.
Regeneration is if a part of an organism getting cut or torn off each part will grow the rest of the organism. Two types of organisms that reproduce by regeneration are starfish and planaria.
Binary fission is like mitosis. The nucleus and cytoplasm are divided equally and the organism splits in two. Two types of organisms that reproduce by binary fission are amoebas and bacteria.
These three types of asexual reproduction are similar because they all produce offspring and there is only 1 parent cell. They are different because the way that they divide is either equally or unequal.

Anonymous said...

During class we learned about all the types of asexual reproduction. The type of asexual reproduction that interested me most was vegetative propagation because there were many different parts of it. In vegetative propagation I choose to talk about the 3 of the 6 types; Rhizomes, Tubers, and Runners.
Rhizomes are long stems that grow horizontally out under the dirt. New plants are made at nodes along the stem. Some organisms that have/use rhizomes are, lawn grasses, ferns, and irises. Tubers are underground stems that contain stored food. An example of a tuber is a potatoe. The potatoes have “eyes”, that can grow into new plants. Runners are stems that grow out over the surface of the dirt from the existing stem. At different points along the runner, new plants grow. You will find runners in strawberries, and in some grasses.
These different types of asexual reproduction have many things in common, but also have differences. The Rhizomes, Tubers, and Runners, each have stems, and they all happen in natural vegetative propagation. They’re all different because they each occur in different organisms.

Anonymous said...

In class we all had to make a skit on different asexual reproduction and to teach each other.My three choices of asexual production are Tubers and Runners and Bulbs. Bulbs are under grounded stems that are like a food storage. They store the food in the thick leaves of the bulb and each bulb can develop into new a plant, an example are onions. Each leaf will be a ring of onion the large leaf or the large ring is the bulb. Runners are stems that grow over the surface of the soil, one example that occures in runners are strawberries and grass.Tubers are underground stems that contain stored food for example white potoes. One thing they have in common are that they all relate to food or food storage except runners and they all grow new plants. They are different because some happen in the under ground and others happen over the surface

Anonymous said...

sorry mr.a i forget my username
some of the asexual reproductions were bulbs, runners and budding.
Bulbs are stemd that grow underground and they store food. Bulbs make new bulbs. Runners are stems that grow above ground from a diffrent plant. Budding is when a growth grows on an organism and then falls off and grows a new organism. Examples of bulbs are onions. examples of runners are strawberries and examples of budding is yeast. All of these types of reproduction make a new organism.

Anonymous said...

In class we learned about all the different types of asexual reproduction where people made posters and preformed skits teaching us more about it.

The three types of asexual reproduction that I chose, are, sporulation, grafting, and runners.

In sporulation (the formation of spores), the spores are specialized asexual reproductive cells that contain a nucleous and a small amount of cytoplasm. When enviromental conditions become favorable, each spore can develop into a new organism! The new organism has the same genetic makeup as its parent. Sporulation occurs in Bread mold, mushrooms, mosses, and ferns.

A cutting from one plant, called the scion, is attached to the main body of a rooted plant called the stock. The scion keeps its own identity. Seedless oranges and grapes are propagated by grafting.

Runners are stems that grow out over the surface of the soil from the existing stem. At points along the runner, new plants grow. Runners occur in strawberries and some grasses.

These types of asexual reproduction have some similarities. Sporulations, cuttings, and runners all occur in some time of food. For example bread, grapes, and strawberries. Also new things come from both sporulation and runners, but in for cuttings, the plant keeps its own identity.

Anonymous said...

In my 1st period class I and my classmates each presented a skit and we demonstrated and explained many types of asexual reproduction. Well any way three types of a sexual reproduction are bulbs, runners, and rhizomes. Bulbs are underground stems specialized for food storage. The food is stored in the thick leaves of the bulb. Each bulb can develop a new plant. An excellent example of a bulb is an onion, also a bulb is a type of propagation. Rhizomes are long modified stems that grow horizontally under the soil. Lawn grasses, ferns, and irises reproduce by rhizomes. Runners are stems that grow out over the surface of the soil from the existing stem. Runners occur in strawberries and some grasses. Rhizomes and runners are different because rhizomes have stems that grow underground and runners have stems that grow out over the surface. Rhizomes and bulbs are similar because they both are stems that grow underground.

Anonymous said...

in class everyone picked a topic on asexual reproduction. the 3 topics i picked were grafting, cuttings and rhizomes.
grafting is when cutting from another plant rooted makes it seedless like in grapes and other fruits like watermelon .
cuttings are when leaves, roots or stems form into new plants.
rhizomes are long modified stems that grow horizontal to the soil and grow new plants this happens in ferns and irises and lawn grasses.
all these thing have in common is that they all grow new plants alonng the stem or roots

Anonymous said...

In class on Monday, everyone was put into groups. Every group had to do some kind of presentation for asexual reproduction. I was absent on one of the days everyone was performing but I did the chapter in the UPCO text book to learn about asexual reproduction. Three types of asexual reproduction are budding, sporulation and regeneration. In Budding it’s when a new organism develops as an outgrowth of the parent [[called budding]]. The new organism is called a bud, which is a tiny duplicate of the parent organism. The nucleus divides equally and the cytoplasm divides unequally. Examples: This happens in yeast, and hydra.
Sporulation is the formation of spores that occurs in bread mold, mushrooms, mosses, and ferns. Spores are asexual reproductive cells that contain a nucleolus and a small amount of cytoplasm. Spores can develop new organisms that contain the same genetics are the parent. Example: When a bagel gets mold it has spores that grow and then move to another bagel to spread more.
Regeneration is another form of asexual reproduction. Regeneration is the development of a new organism for a part of the parent organism. A starfish can be cut into two and each half will develop into a new starfish. Regeneration can also replace body parts in certain organisms. Example: Lobsters can grow a new claw if one comes off.
All three of these asexual reproductions have seminaries. They all reproduce in some way asexually. Each of these asexual reproductive systems is different. One grows a tiny bud that falls off and becomes a new organism. Another can create a new organism with the same genetics. And finally the last one can grow back and/or replace parts.
xoxo Pinkbabex5

P.S. I didn’t realize I choose three asexual reproductive systems that didn’t have much in common. ….fail….