Asexual reproduction takes/or inherits one parent's genes, because it only involves one organism.
Sexual reproduction requires both a male and female.
A solvent is something that can have something else dissolved within it and turn into a homogenous solution, while the solute is that something else that can be dissolved into the solvent. Usually, the solvent is found in greater amount because most (except for rare cases) solvents have a saturation point that is below the equal-mass point.