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Biology Unit 8
MAA Biology U8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tuber | fleshy, enlarged end of stolon or rhizome |
| zygote | fertilized egg |
| cytokinesis | separation of two ends of an old cell |
| fertilization | union of egg and sperm |
| environment | surroundings of a plant or animal |
| archegonium | egg-producing organ in lower plants |
| conjugation | transferring genetic information from one cell to another cell |
| pistil | female part of flower |
| gonad | gamete-producing organ in animals |
| rhizome | elongated, horizontal stem growing on or under the ground |
| multiple fission | when a protozoan divides to produce a cell with multiple nuclei |
| isogamy | the condition of having gametes of the same size and shape |
| layering | a technique of bending a a plant stem to the ground and burying part of it to grow a new plant |
| larva | a juvenile stage of an animal |
| conidiospore | a specialized kind of spore produced by fungi |
| prophase | the stage of mitosis when the chromatin shortens and thickens to form distinct chromosomes |
| mitosis | the type of cell division that leads to growth and development |
| differentiation | the specialization of a certain cell or group of cells for a specific function |
| external fertilization | fertilization that occurs outside the body of the female |
| adventitious | when plant buds appear from root tissue and roots develop from stem tissue |
| testes | the gonads in animals where the sperm is produced |
| sorus | a cluster of sporangia on a fern |