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8th Grade Life Science

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Asexual Reproduction   One organism produces offspring that have the same exact DNA making them clones.  
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Offspring   a living organism's child or children.  
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DNA   The genetic material that is passed on to parents to their offspring.  
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Mitosis   A type of cellular division in which 1 cell divides itself into two new daughter cells that are clones to the original parent cell.  
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Binary Fission   When the parent organism splits itself into 2 new organisms with the same DNA. (asexual reproduction)  
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Budding   When the parent organism grows little buds that fall off and become offspring. They have the same DNA. (asexual reproduction)  
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Spores   A specialized cell that comes from a living organisms that floats off and grows into a new living organism with the exact same DNA. (asexual reproduction)  
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Vegetative Reproduction   Some plants can reproduce by using a part of themselves to create offspring that is genetically the same. (asexual reproduction)  
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Sexual Reproduction   Two parents contribute half the DNA to new offspring. Offspring is an unique individual, not a clone.  
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Clone   Offspring that has the same DNA as their parents.  
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