I need help on this question for my biology class - Why is the reproductive system unimportant to the individual, but vital for the species?
2007-03-07 11:33:39 · 5 answers · asked by myonly_oasis 3 in Environment
The reproductive system is unimportant for the individual because it serves no vital purpose in ensuring the survival of the individual, unlike the circulatory system or nervous system. It is necessary for the species to survive, however, because without reproduction no new individuals would be added to the population and it would eventually go extinct.
2007-03-07 11:38:51 · answer #1 · answered by FLP 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is unimportant to the individual because they can still survive without it, but without reproductive systems a species would not be able to keep going (they couldn't have babies, so no more of the species would carry on after the adults died).
2007-03-07 19:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by blue_girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about unimportant to the individual, but the individual is already formed and will survive without reproducing. The species, however, must reproduce for it to continue. Nothing lives forever.
2007-03-07 19:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good heavens, think about the question. Why would it matter to you as an individual? You will live, you will die. Enough said. But for the species? You want to continue to produce more of your 'kind' so you want to make more of yourself. Hence reproduction.
2007-03-07 19:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by Curly 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because whether you reproduce or not will not effect you really, as if you are an endangered species, it won't help you, but it will help the species, by keeping them in existence. Get it?
2007-03-07 19:37:25 · answer #5 · answered by Zac 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋