Answer the following :

What is a reproduction?

i) Reproduction is one of the main characteristics of living beings wherein, new individuals or ‘offspring’ are produced from already existing individuals or ‘parents’.

ii) Reproduction is necessary for life to continue on earth.

iii) It is of two types: Sexual and Asexual.

iv) In sexual reproduction, two individual gametes are involved to produce the offspring. In asexual reproduction, only one individual produces its identical offspring.