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Science
Quarter 2
Self Learning Module (SLM) 3
Modes of Reproductionof Animals
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) was designed and written with you in mind to help you
master the Rich Content and Interactivity of Web 2.0 and the use of ICT for Social Change.
The scope of this learning material focuses on many different learning situations. Moreover,
the language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of learners and the lessons are
arranged following the standard sequence of the course. Hence, the order in which you read
them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The SLM contains:

Lesson 13: Reproduction of Animals

It is divided into three sub lessons, namely:

Lesson 1.1 – Sexual Reproduction in Animals
Lesson 1.2 – Asexual Reproduction in Animals
Lesson 1.3 – Types of Reproduction in Animals

After going through this SLM, you are expected to:

1. describe how animals reproduce sexually
2. differentiate internal fertilization and external fertilization
3. explain how animals reproduce asexually
4. enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of asexual reproduction
5. identify the different ways on how animals give birth to its young.
 Pretest

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter of your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. Which animal comes from an egg?

A. cat B. dog C. pig D. snake

2. What animal can reproduce by means of external fertilization?

A. cow B. frog C. dolphin D. carabao

3. Hydra reproduces offspring by budding. What mode of reproduction is involved?

A. asexual B. external fertilization C. internal fertilization D. sexual

4. Which organism can reproduce through binary fission?

A. fish B. frog C. lizard D. sea anemone

5. Lizards, crocodiles, birds, snakes, turtles, and sharks are called_______.

A. mammals C. amphibians
B. born alive D. egg – laying animals

6. It is a process involves where sperm cells are released into female’s body and become
fertilized.
A. incubation C. internal fertilization
B. external fertilization D. asexual reproduction

7. It is described as the time between fertilization and the birth of the live young.
A. gestation C. incubation
B. external fertilization D. internal fertilization

8. What is the mode of reproduction of cats, cows, dogs, elephants, goats, pigs and tigers
are examples of__________.
A. budding C. oviparous animals
B. hatchling D. viviparous animals

9. What is the young animal of a turtle?

A. cub B. hatchling C. kitten D. puppy

10. Chicks are hatched from eggs. Goats are born alive and look like its parents. Frogs
undergo many changes as they grow. What do these observations prove?
A. All animals are born alive.
B. All animals are hatched from eggs.
C. Different animals move in different ways.
D. Different animals reproduce in different ways.

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 Describing the Different Modes
of Reproduction in Animals
Animals have different ways of reproduction which enable their kind to continually flourish on
earth. This Learning Activity Sheets discusses ways which animals reproduce. It describes
that animals can reproduce sexually or asexually. It also classifies animals that are hatched
from eggs and born alive.

Lesson 1.1 Sexual Reproduction in Animals

Study the pictures of the following animals below. How are these animals similar? How are
they different?

Frog Chicken Dog

Animals can only produce a new individual when two parents are present. This is called
sexual reproduction. Frogs, chickens, cows, and many other animals reproduce by sexual
reproduction.

Sexual reproduction takes place when sex cells from two parent animals (one male and
one female) unite to form a new animal.
Animals have sex organs that produce sex cells or gametes. These gametes contain
information about the new organism. There are two types of sex cells or gametes. The egg
cell for females and sperm cell for males.

Fertilization takes place when a sperm cell unites with the egg cell. The fertilized egg is
called a zygote which develops into an embryo. The embryo undergoes continuous
development until it eventually grows into a new born animal. Fertilization in animals may be
internal or external.

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 Internal fertilization happens when the
male animal releases sperm cells into
the body of the female animal to fertilize
the egg cell. The embryo can either
develop inside the female body until it is
born alive or develop inside an egg laid
by the female. Insects, birds, cats and
cows undergo internal fertilization.

The life cycle of dog consists of three

Life cycle of dog stages: puppy, adolescence and adult.
Dog is an example of internal
fertilization.

External fertilization occurs outside the bodies of the parents. The female releases eggs
into the water or attaches them to a plant
or rock. The male then releases sperm
cells over the eggs to fertilize them. Most
frogs and fishes undergo external
fertilization.

The life cycle of a butterfly is an example

of external fertilization that consists of
four stages: egg, pupa, larva and adult.

Asexual reproduction does not need one male and one female parent to produce an
offspring. A single parent organism simply makes identical copies of itself.

Binary fission and budding are some methods of asexual reproduction.

Binary fission occurs when a parent animal divides itself into two. Each half grows into a
new individual. Binary fission is also called splitting. Some very small animals and certain
marine animals reproduce through this method. This allows them quickly grow clusters of
closely living groups or colonies.

Sea anemone Sea cucumber

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The sea anemone is able to reproduce by binary fission. It splits its polyp or body into
halves, then it grow into two new sea anemone.

Budding happens when an outgrowth of the parent animal develops into a new animal.
Plants also develop a new plant through the process of budding.

jellyfish hydra

Hydra and jellyfish are some examples of animals that can reproduce through budding.

A bulge appears on the parent’s body, grows into a bud, and eventually becomes a
miniature copy of the parent. The young continues to grow while still attached to the parent
and eventually detaches when it is mature enough to survive by itself.
Advantages of Asexual Reproduction:
• The organism does not need a partner for it to reproduce.
• The organism develops faster than those produced in sexual reproduction.
Disadvantages of Asexual Reproduction:
• Any disease or negative characteristic of the parent will be passed onto the offspring
since it is very identical to the parent.

Lesson 1.3 Types of Reproduction in Animals

Study the pictures of the following animals below. Which animal lay egg? Which animal born
alive?

Bird Cat

Cat

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Animals have different modes of reproduction. Some animals are egg-laying or oviparous
animals while some are born alive or viviparous animals.

Some animals lay their eggs to the environment. These animals are called egg-laying
animals or oviparous. The laid eggs by the female animal are developed outside her body.
The time between the laying of the egg and the hatching of the is called the incubation
period. Examples of animals that lay eggs are birds, snakes, frogs, turtles, lizards and
insects.

Some animals retain and nourish the fertilized egg inside the body of the female parent. The
fertilized egg develops into an embryo that grows while receiving the nourishment from the
mother through the placenta. The time between fertilization and birth of the live young is
called gestation. Animals that undergo this process are born alive or viviparous animals.
Cats, cows, dogs, and whales are animals which are born alive.

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General Directions: Read and analyse the instruction carefully. Write your answers
on a separate sheet of paper.
Activity 1
A. Study the pictures in the box. Identify the types of reproduction whether it is internal
fertilization or external fertilization.

1. rabbit 2. bangus 3. horse 4. frog 5. maya

__________ ___________ ___________ _____________ ___________

B. Read each item carefully what is being described. Choose your answers from the box.

Zygote Fertilization
Sperm cell Reproduction
Egg cell frog/fish
internal fertilization external fertilization
Sexual reproduction Gametes

____________ 1. An example of an animal that undergoes external fertilization.

____________ 2. Another term for sex cells.
_____________ 3. The sex cell of a female animal.
_____________ 4. Takes place when sex cells of two parent animals unite to form a new
organism.
____________ 5. The sex cell of a male animal.
____________ 6. Fertilization that happens when sperm cells are released into the body of
the female.
____________ 7. Another term for fertilized egg.
____________ 8. A kind of fertilization that takes place, when the union of the sex cells
happened outside the body.
____________ 9. It is the ability of a living thing to continue the existence of its kind.
____________10. It occurs in animals when the sex cells (egg cell and sperm cell)
of two parent animals unite to from a new organism.

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Activity 2.
A. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not.

__________ 1.The sexual and asexual are the two main modes of reproduction.
___________ 2. Fission happens when an outgrowth of the parent animal develops into a
new animal.
___________ 3. Reproduction is the ability of a living thing to make copies of itself.
___________ 4. Hydras reproduce themselves through the process of budding.
___________ 5. Budding happens when the parent animal divides itself into two.
__________ 6. The reproductive system of female dogs and humans are very similar.
___________ 7. Fertilization is important even in asexual reproduction.
___________ 8. Sexual reproduction is making a copy of the organism with a single parent.
___________ 9. External fertilization takes place in frogs and butterflies.
___________10. Some tiny animals and marine animals, like sea anemone, reproduce by
binary fission.

B. Label the following stages in the life cycle of a butterfly.

Caterpillar/larvae
3
Adult butterfly

Eggs
1
Chrysalis/pupa
2

C. Complete the concept map about asexual reproduction that you have learned
from these lessons. Choose the answers from the box below.

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 Coral Sea anemone Jellyfish Sea cucumber

• The animal splits or divides itself into two. The animal produced is also
identical to the parent organism.
• The parent organism produces an outgrowth or a bud on its body. The bud
then develops and when mature, this bud detaches from the body of the
parent.

Activity 3.

A. Match the words in column A to the definition in column B.

Column A Column B

A. The period of the time in between fertilization and the

birth of a live young.
1. oviparous animals B. Cats, dogs, horse, cows, and whales are example of
C. The period of time between the laying of the egg and
2. incubation
the hatching of the young animal.
3. fertilization
D. Takes place when sex cells of two parent animals unite
4. gestation
to form a new organism.
5. viviparous animals
E. Birds, reptiles, snakes, turtles, alligators, crocodiles
sharks are example of.

B. Choose the name of the young inside the box. Then, put a check mark on the
column whether it hatched from egg or born alive.

Calf cub fawn gosling hatchling puppy

Animal Young Hatched from egg Born alive

1. cow

2. goose

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 3. deer

c
4. turtle

. 5. dolphin

C. Write the word inside if the animal developed inside the mother’s body and outside if
the animal developed outside the mother’s body.
____________1. elephant
____________2. goat
____________3. octopus
____________4. cat
____________5. python
____________6. lizard
____________7. monkey
____________8. crocodile
____________9. cow
___________10. Maya

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Directions: Complete the 3-2-1 Chart about your discoveries in the different modes
of reproduction . Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

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 Posttest

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. Alligators, crocodiles, birds, snakes, turtle and sharks are called_______________.

A. mammals C. amphibians
B. oviparous animals D. viviparous animals
2. It is described as the time between fertilization and the birth of the live young.
A. gestation C. incubation
B. fertilization D. reproduction
3. Where do mosquitoes lay their eggs?
A. dark place C. leaves
B. garbage D. stagnant water
4. Hydra can reproduce offspring by budding. What mode of reproduction is involved?
A. asexual C. internal fertilization
B. external fertilization D. sexual
5. What animal can reproduce by means of external fertilization?
A. cow C. dolphin
B. frog D. carabao
6. What is the mode of reproduction of cats, cows, dogs, elephants, goats, pigs and tigers?
A. budding C. oviparous
B. incubation D. viviparous
7. What type of asexual reproduction in which a new organism developed from a bud?
A. binary fission C. fertilization
B. budding D. reproduction
8. Which mode of reproduction requires a mate?
A. asexual C. reproduction
B. fertilization D. sexual
9. It is the formation of a zygote from the union of two gametes is called___________.
A. budding C. gestation
B. fertilization D. reproduction
10. Sex cell (egg or sperm) is also known as______________.
A. gamete C. offspring
B. heredity D. zygote
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Activity 1 Activity 2
A. A.
Pretest 1. internal fertilization
2. external fertilization 1. TRUE 6. TRUE
1. D 3. internal fertilization 2. FALSE 7. FALSE
2. B 4. external fertilization 3. TRUE 8. FALSE
3. B 5. internal fertilization 4. TRUE 9.FALSE
4. D B. 5. FALSE 10. TRUE
5. D B.
6. C 1. fish, frog 1. eggs 4. Adult butterfly
7. A 2. gametes 2. caterpillar/larva
8. D 3. egg cell 3. pupa/chrysalis
9. B 4. fertilization C
10. D 5. sperm cell
6. internal fertilization 1. The parent organism produces an
7. zygote outgrowth or a bud on its body. The
8. external fertilization bud then develops and when
9. reproduction mature, this bud detaches from the
10. sexual reproduction body of the parent.
Activity 3 (Cont.)
Activity 2 (Cont.)
B
2. The animal splits or divides itself into two. Animal Young Hatched Born alive
The from egg
animal produced is also identical to the
cow calf ✓
parent
organism. goose gosling ✓
3. coral deer fawn ✓
4. jellyfish turtle hatchling ✓
5. sea anemone dolphin cub ✓
6. sea cucumber
Note: Answers for 3 & 4 can be interchange
just C.
Just like 5 & 6. 1. inside 6. outside
2 inside 7. Inside
3. outside 8. outside
Activity 3 4 inside 9. inside
A 5 outside 10. outside
1. E 4. D
2. C 5. B
Posttest
1. B
Reflection 2. A
3. D
Learners answers may 4. B
Vary 5. B
6. D
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. A
Answer Key
References
Books:
Sarte, Evelyn T., Garcis, Ednaliza R., Lopez, Eliza A., dela Cruz, Mary Jean G.,
Arradaza, Harold A., Science 5 Beyond Boarders. Pasig City: Department
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