Sexual and asexual reproduction

Reproduction

The process of producing new individuals from living organisms

Chicken reproduce by laying eggs

Whales reproduce by giving birth

Sexual

Involves reproductive cells

Asexual

Does not involve reproductive cells

Male gamete

Sperm

Female gamete

Ovum

Fertilisation

First process involved in formation of babies

Two types of sexual fertilisation

Internal fertilisation and external fertilisation

Internal fertilisation

Male parent releases sperm into the body of female parent

Animals that do external fertilisation

Fish