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Prepared for brilliant 8th grade science students by Andrew Cross
Directions: As you read the following information and visit the following sites take
notes in the handout about asexual reproduction. All links will open up new windows.
Simply close these new windows when you are done with the required tasks.
the production of offspring that are genetically identical to the parent organism
only one parent involved
does not provide any genetic variation among individuals of a species
maintains beneficial traits in all offspring
generally used by less complex organisms
After reading all these COPY THE ANSWERS to the first part of your worksheet
before moving on
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divi_flash.html
Answer all questions on your worksheet under section C.
Task 2. A cell can divide many times and thus produce many, many identical
cells. Between divisions a cell just needs time to grow in size and to make
another copy of each chromosome.
D. Investigate this cell cycle by watching a video at Cells Alive
Go back to Cells Alive and again click on cell biology on the left side of the screen.
This time select Cell Cycle on the left hand side.
Watch the video and think about how long the cell spends in interphase vs. the time it spends in mitosis.
Answer all questions on your worksheet under section D.
To go back to Cells Alive, click here.
Task 3. Various organisms reproduce asexually without using Mitosis. This section
allows you to investigate these processes.
E. Binary Fission: Bacteria and Amoeba are two examples of organisms that reproduce asexually by binary
fission
Reproduction of an Amoeba
The single-celled amoeba demonstrates a simple method of asexual reproduction; it divides in half by a process called fission, producing
two smaller daughter cells. After a period of feeding and growth, these two daughter cells will themselves divide in half.
Yeast budding
Task 4:
I. Look at some cells that are going through various stages of Mitosis.
You will look at pictures of individual cells from an onion root tip and will try to determine which stage of mitosis each
cell is in. In order to do this please complete the chart when asked to do so.
In order to complete this activity, visit this site from the University of Arizona.
When you have completed the activity, you can calculate the percentage of the time spent in each of the stages of
mitosis.
Fill in the table on your worksheet under section E, F, G Part 1
4) Still have time?? Take the Cells Alive Cellular Biology Quiz at this site. Try to do better than Mr. Cross 9/10!
http://www.cellsalive.com/quiz1.htm
5)
Still have more time????? Use this memory game to learn your cell organelles!! http://www.quia.com/cc/2744.html
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