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Reproduction Review
Question | Answer |
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What is the name of the process by which cells divide to reproduce and make exact copies of themselves? | Mitosis |
How does a living thing change from a single cell to a bundle of cells? | Mitosis |
What type of reproduction requires only 1 parent? | Asexual |
What type of reproduction requires 2 parents? | Sexual |
What type of reproduction creates clones of the parents? | Asexual |
What type of reproduction create offspring that are different from the parents? | Sexual |
What type of asexual reproduction results in bacteria splitting to make new bacteria? | Binary Fission |
What type of repproduction results in a new organism growing from just part of the parent organism? | regeneration |
What kind of asexual reproduction creates a new organism from the side of the parent organism? | Budding |
What is the name of the process that makes the sex cells needed for sexual reproduction? | Meiosis |
What process makes the sperm and egg? | meiosis |
What is the male sex cell? | Sperm |
What is the female sex cell? | Egg |
Where are a plants sperm cells stored? | Pollen |
Where are a plants egg cells stored? | Ovaries |
What is the process by which a sperm and egg cell combine? | Fertilization |
What is the process by which a sperm and egg cell combine INSIDE of the organism? | Internal Fertilization |
What is the process by which a sperm and egg cell conbine OUTSIDE of the organism? | External Fertilization |
What type of fertilization do humans undergo? | Internal |
What type of fertilization do frogs go through? | External |
How many cells are created by meiosis? | 4 |
How many chromosomes do the daughter cells have after meiosis? | HALF |
What is the name of a fertilized egg cell? | Zygote |
What are the male sex glands? | Testes |
What are the female sex glands? | Ovaries |
What type of reproduction do flowering plants undergo? | Sexual Reproduction |
What is the name of the process that describes how certain organism change, develop and grow? | Metamorphosis |
How many stages make up incomplete metamorphosis? | 3 |
How many stages make up complete metamorphosis? | 4 |
Which type of metamorphosis is a dramatic change of an organism in which each stage looks very different from the others? | Complete Metamorphosis |
Which type of metamorphosis is a gradual change of an organism in which the young organism looks like the adult and just grows larger over time? | Incomplete Metamorphosis |
What type of metamorphosis do butterflies and frogs undergo? | Complete Metamorphosis |
What is the name of a young insect that looks like the adult and has no wings? | Nymph |
What is the first stage of development for butterflies, frogs, and grasshoppers? | Egg |
What do we call the genetic material of a cell? | DNA |
Where is DNA stored in the nucleus? | Chromosomes |
What nitrogen base pairs up with Adenine? | Thymine |
What nitrogen base pairs up with Cytosine? | Guanine |
What is the name of the twisted ladder shape of DNA? | Double Helix |
Who discovered DNA? | Watson and Crick |
What do we call the permanent change to DNA? | mutation |
Are all mutations harmful? | NO |
Where must a mutation occur in order to be passed on to an offspring? | Egg or Sperm Cell |
What stage of an insects life cycle do they look like a worm and spend most of the time eating? | Larva |
What is the name of an insects stage of life in which they hibernate and turn into the adult in a cocoon? | pupa |
How many chromosomes do human body cells have? | 46 |
How many chromosones do human sex cells (sperm and egg) have? | 23 |
How many chromosomes does a human fertilized egg have? | 46 |