1. What are the two basic ways that organisms reproduce? 2. Why do offspring produced by sexual reproduction show variation from their parents? 3. What are two advantages of sexual reproduction? 4. What are two disadvantages of sexual reproduction? 5. Why do offspring produced by asexual reproduction show no variation from the parent? 6. Explain mitosis. 7. What are two advantages of asexual reproduction? 8. What are two disadvantages of asexual reproduction? 9-10. Complete the following statements: Sexual reproduction helps a species to be successful because Asexual reproduction helps a species to be successful because