Reproduction Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Asexual Reproduction | Reproduction where one parent produces identical offspring |
Cancer | Uncontrolled cell division causing tumors |
Chromosome | Contains hereditary information (DNA) |
Clone | An organism that is genetically identical to another organism |
Development | The progression of an organism from zygote to adulthood |
Differentiation | The process where cells become specialized to specific organs and tissueswhile developing in the uterus |
Egg | Sex cell produced by females in ovaries |
Estrogen | Female hormone secreted by the ovaries responsible for secondary sex characteristics and regulation of the menstrual cycle |
Fertilization | The union of sperm and egg |
Fetus | Name given to a developing embryo after 8 weeks |
Gamete | Sex cell (sperm and egg) |
Gestation | Pregnancy |
Internal Fertilization | The process where eggs are fertilized inside the female |
Meiosis | Reduces the number of an organism's chromosomes by half in a sex cell |
Mitosis | Cell division producing identical offspring |
Ovary | The female sex organ that produces eggs and the hormones estrogen and progesterone |
Progesterone | Hormone secreted by the ovaries that help regulate the menstrual cycle and maintain the uterus |
Recombination | A rearrangement of genes during meiosis |
Sexual Reproduction | Reproduction with two parents, uniting two sex cells, producing genetically different offspring |
Sperm | Male sex cell/gamete produced by the testes through meiosis |
Testes | The male reproductive organs that produce sperm |
Testosterone | Male hormone produced in the testes that causes secondary sex characteristics |
Uterus | Thin muscular organ in the female where the embryo develops |
Zygote | The fertilized egg, a diploid cell |
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