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| How many sets of chromosomes does a haploid cell have? |
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| How many sets of chromosomes does a diploid cell have? |
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| two (matching) sets of chromosomes |
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| What type of cells are haploid? |
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| Name the male gamete in animals. |
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| Name the female gamete in animals. |
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| Where are sperm cells made? |
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| Where are egg cells made? |
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| Give one feature of a sperm cell that makes it specialised for its job. |
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| sperm cells have a tail (so hey can swim to the egg cell) |
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| Give one feature of an egg cell that makes it specialised for its job. |
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| egg cells contain a store of food in the cytoplasm (to provide energy for cell division after fetilisation) |
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| What happens at fertilisation? |
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| fusion of the nuclei of the two haploid gametes (sperm and egg or pollen and ovue) |
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| State the location of fertilisation. |
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| Name the cell produced by fertilisation. |
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| What is formed when a zygote divides? |
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| Name the male sex cells found in plants. |
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| Name the female sex cells found in plants. |
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| Name the part of a flower that produces pollen. |
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| Name the part of a flower that produces ovules. |
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| Name the part of a flower where pollen lands when pollination happens. |
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| How does the nucleus of the pollen reach the ovule? |
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| it grows a pollen tube and travels down from the stigma to the ovary in that tube |
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| Is the zygote diploid or haploid? |
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