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Quiz Ch.2-2
sexual and asexual reproduction/meiosis
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Science
6th Grade
11/08/2010

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Term
What is the joining of a sperm cell and a egg cell during sexual reproduction?
Definition
Fertilization 
Term
What is the process by which cells form?
Definition
Meiosis
Term
What are three ways for organisms to reproduce?
Definition

 

  • The female lays eggs which are then fertilized by sperm from the male.
  • Eggs are fertilized inside the female's body, then laid in a nest until they hatch.
  • Eggs are fertilized inside the female's body and the offspring grows inside the female until they are ready for live birth.

 

Term
What is formed when an eggs cell and a sperm cell join?
Definition
A zygote
Term
A sperm cell and an egg cell both each have only ____ of the chromosomes needed to make a human cell.
Definition
half 
Term

A zygote grows through ______ &_________.

 

Definition
Mitosis & cell division 
Term
Some eggs are fertilized inside the females body________________.
Definition
before they come out 
Term

What happens for plants to reproduce sexually?

 

Definition
Insects gather pollen from the stamens. The pollen contains sperm. Next, the pollen travels down the pistil to the egg cells.                                                                                                         
Term
Why does a sperm cell and an egg cell have only half of the chromosomes needed to make a human cell?
Definition
So that children can have a wider range of human traits.
Term
Only the _____ sperm cell to enter the egg can fertilize that egg.
Definition
first
Term
In _________________ the offspring can be different from a parent and each other.
Definition
sexual reproduction 
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