The model here shows a process by which a hydra, an aquatic organism, produces a new offspring that is a clone of the original organism. If a student is explaining how the organism creates its own clone, which process would be included in the explanation?

Question

Responses
A mitosismitosis
B meiosismeiosis
C fertilizationfertilization
D binary fissionbinary fission

Answer 1

The correct process that the student would include in the explanation is A. mitosis.

Hydra reproduce asexually through a process called budding, which involves mitosis. In this process, the parent organism produces a new individual (the clone) that is genetically identical to itself.