AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Organisms produce other similar organisms through sexual reproduction, which allows the line of genetic material to be maintained and generations to be linked.

Detailed explanation-2: -All living organisms produce offspring in order to continue the existence of the species. This process of replicating or making copies of themselves is called ‘reproduction’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – “offspring” – are produced from their “parent” or parents.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reproduction allows genetic information to be passed on to offspring via heredity, ensuring continuity of species. Reproduction increases population size thus supporting the continuity of species.

Detailed explanation-5: -Asexual reproduction produces plants that are genetically identical to the parent plant because no mixing of male and female gametes takes place. Traditionally, these plants survive well under stable environmental conditions when compared with plants produced from sexual reproduction.