Vocabulary One (1) | Vocabulary Two (2) | Reproduction | Reproduction Two | Disadvantages/Advantages of Reproduction |
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What is Mitosis?
The cell division process, in which the nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei...
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What is an egg?
What is a sperm?
a.) The female reproductive sex cell/gamete...
b.) The male reproductive sex cell/gamete... |
What is Meiosis?
The cell division process that produces 4 sex cells and ensures that the offspring will have the same number of chromosomes and will be unique...
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What is a clone?
The genetic make-up of an asexual organism...
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Reproduction is usually quickest
An Advantage of Asexual Reproduction...
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What is a Chromosome?
The "X" structure found in the nucleus that contains the heredity material...
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What is Fertilization?
The process where where the female and male reproductive sex cells join or come together...
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What is a Haploid Cell?
A cell that contains only half of the amount of chromosomes...
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What is External Fertilization?
What is Internal Fertilization?
When fertilization occurs outside the body...
When fertilization occurs inside the body... |
Reproduction produces variety of organisms
An Advantage of Sexual Reproduction...
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What is Asexual Reproduction?
The type of reproduction where the offspring born is produced from one parent...
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What is Sexual Reproduction?
The type of reproduction where the offspring born is produced by two parents...
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What is Metaphase?
The second phase of Mitosis, where the cell's chromosomes line up at the equator or the middle...
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What are Budding, Binary Fission and Spores?
These are the three main types of asexual reproduction...
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Reproduction of unwanted offspring may spread
A Disadvantage of Asexual Reproduction...
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What is DNA?
The blueprint containing an organism's information for growth and function?
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What is a Gene?
A set of instructions or code for making proteins; a piece of the DNA molecule
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What is Telophase?
The fourth phase of Mitosis, where the cytoplasm is pinched in the middle of the cell and chromosomes are moving at opposite ends of the cell...
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What are 46 chromosomes?
The number amount of chromosomes found in each human body cell...
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Reproduction can take a long time, slower
A Disadvantage of Sexual Reproduction...
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What is a Zygote?
The resulting cell after fertilization has occurred...
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What is a Mutation?
A permanent change in an organism's DNA
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What is Interphase?
This phase is considered the "resting" phase...
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1.) What is Prophase?
The first phase of Mitosis, where the nuclear membrane begins to dissolve and chromosomes become visible...
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What is a Hermaphrodite?
An organism that contains both female and male reproductive systems...
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