click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Unit 3 Quiz 1 (2025)
Unit 3 Quiz 1 Vocabulary (2025)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the sequence of events in which the cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells. | Cell Cycle |
| What is the first stage of the cell cycle before cell division begins. Cells grows and makes a copy of DNA. | Interphase |
| What is the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei and one set of DNA is distributed into each daughter cell. | Mitosis |
| What is a process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent. | Asexual Reproduction |
| What is two parents combining their genetic material to produce a new organism which differs from both parents. | Sexual Reproduction |
| What is the division of the parent cell’s cytoplasm. Begins during the last step of mitosis. | Cytokinesis |
| What is an egg cell and a sperm cell joins to form a new cell. | Fertilization |
| What is a sequence of DNA that determines a trait and is passed from parent to offspring. | Gene |
| What is a different form of the same gene. | Allele |
| What is the process by which an offspring receives genes from its parents. | Inheritance |
| What is a specific characteristic that an organism can pass to its offspring through its genes | Trait |
| What is the cell making a copy of the DNA in its nucleus before cell division. | Replication |