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Life Science Ch3L1
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sexual Reproduction | a form of reproduction; combining genetic material in two different cells; producing an offspring. |
| Egg | Haploid reproductive cell produced by female reproductive organs. |
| Sperm | Haploid reproductive cell produced by the male reproductive organs. |
| Fertilization | Fusion of a sperm cell with an egg cell to produce a zygote. |
| Zygote | Diploid cell formed by the fusion of one egg and one sperm cell; develops into a new organism. |
| Meiosis | The division of a cell and its nucleus that produces haploid daughter cells. |
| Diploid | A eukaryotic cell that contains a complete set of homologous chromosome pairs. |
| Haploid | A eukaryotic cell containing only one chromosome from each homologous pair. |
| Eukaryote | A cell with a nucleus and other organelles |