# data[].attributes.headline
1. Asexual vs. sexual reproduction: Students will explore the types of reproduction 

# data[].attributes.subject
1. Asexual vs. sexual reproduction: Students will explore the types of reproduction 

# data[].attributes.body
Students will explore the links provided on the website to explore asexual and sexual reproduction.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Google Forms - create and analyze surveys, for free.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Familiarity with Greek and Latin roots, as well as prefixes and suffixes, can help students understand the meaning of new words. This article includes many of the most common examples.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
Living things use lots of different strategies for producing offspring, but most strategies fall neatly into the categories of either sexual or asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction generates offspring that are genetically identical to a single parent. In sexual reproduction, two parents contribute genetic information to produce unique offspring.

Sexual and asexual reproduction have advantages and disadvantages-which is why some organisms do both!

Click or tap an organism below. After reading a description, you'll get to vote on whether you think the organism reproduces sexually, asexually, or both. How well do you know your reproductive strategies?

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Living things use lots of different strategies for producing offspring, but most strategies fall neatly into the categories of either sexual or asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction generates offspring that are genetically identical to a single parent. In sexual reproduction, two parents contribute genetic information to produce unique offspring.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Prefixes are key morphemes in English vocabulary that begin words. The Greek prefix a- and its variant an- mean “not.” An easy way to remember that the prefix a- means “not” is through the word apolitical, which describes a person who is “not” inclined to favor politics. Someone who is anonymous…

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.readable_text
A while back I talked to you about the Latin root word 'form' which meant 'shape.' Its Greek counterpart morph, which also means 'shape', has contributed important words to the English language as well.

Perhaps you've read the short story "The Meta morphosis" by Kafka. In that story, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning, having undergone a startling meta morphosis, or 'shape' change. I'm not just talking about having a bad hair day-Gregor has meta morphosed or changed his 'shape' into a giant disgusting ... bug! You may be most familiar with the meta morph osis that a caterpillar undergoes when its 'shape' turns into that of a butterfly.

An a morphous, or 'shape'less blob was featured in the 1958 classic film The Blob starring Steve McQueen. A blob is naturally a morph ous, since it has no predefined 'shape,' but rather constantly changes it.

The Greek god Morpheus was the god of dreams. Morpheus 'shaped' dream images during sleep. The painkiller morphine sends you off into dreamland. A great movie character is Morpheus from The Matrix, who helps 'shape' the Matrix by dreaming it.

In computer programming, you'll learn in CS 101 the term poly morphism. It describes how objects can take on many 'shapes' by inheriting attributes from parent classes. Likewise, a wizard that casts a poly morph spell in Dungeons & Dragons can turn someone into many different 'shapes,' such as a toad or slug.

You may recall from your biology classes that there are three primary classifications or 'shapes' into which human bodies can be categorized: endo morphs, meso morphs, and ecto morphs. An endo morph has a little too much 'shape' to him, and could lose some weight. A meso morph's body is in 'shape' physically, being well-'shaped' with muscle. An ecto morph, on the other hand, has too little 'shape,' and needs to gain some muscular definition.

Many Greek gods are anthropo morphic, or 'human-shaped:' their true essence is that of light, but they appear as humans to mere mortals. Another word that ends in - morphic is zoo morph ic, or 'shaped' like an animal.

In linguistics, which Membean loves, we talk about morphemes a lot, which are simply the different 'shapes' that make up words, such as prefixes, stems, and suffixes. Morph ology would then be the study of the 'shape' words take.

I hope that you too now feel the mighty power of morph!

1. metamorphosis: 'shape' change

2. amorphous: not having a fixed 'shape'

3. Morpheus: god who 'shaped' dream images

4. polymorph: change into many 'shapes'

5. anthropomorphic: 'human-shaped'

6. morpheme: word 'shape'

7. morphology: study of the 'shape' words take

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
A while back I talked to you about the Latin root word 'form' which meant 'shape.' Its Greek counterpart morph, which also means 'shape', has contributed important words to the English language as well. Perhaps you've read the short story "The Meta morphosis" by Kafka.