Question

Sexual and asexual reproduction both have advantages and disadvantages.

Drag the advantages and disadvantages from the column on the left to the correct description on the right.

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Choices

produces unique offspring
requires more time and energy
produces more offspring
removes negative genes from the population over time
requires more than one parent
produces fewer offspring
retains all traits in offspring
Answers

Sexual Reproduction Advantage
Sexual Reproduction Disadvantage
Asexual Reproduction Advantage
Asexual Reproduction Disadvantage

Answer 1

Here are the advantages and disadvantages for each type of reproduction:

**Sexual Reproduction Advantage:**
- produces unique offspring
- removes negative genes from the population over time

**Sexual Reproduction Disadvantage:**
- requires more time and energy
- requires more than one parent

**Asexual Reproduction Advantage:**
- produces more offspring
- retains all traits in offspring

**Asexual Reproduction Disadvantage:**
- produces fewer offspring

This categorization captures the key points regarding the advantages and disadvantages of both sexual and asexual reproduction.