10.3

Question 1

What is asexual reproduction?

Answer 1

Offspring comes from one parent/ only one parent required

Question 2

What is sexual reproduction?

Answer 2

Offspring comes from two parents - a male and a female

Question 3

What is a tetrad?

Answer 3

Two chromosomes that have some DNA exchanged

Question 3

What is a haploid?

Answer 3

One set of chromosomes

Question 4

What is a diploid?

Answer 4

2 sets of chromosomes

Question 5

What makes meiosis different from mitosis?

Answer 5

Meiosis ends with 4 genetically different cells, but mitosis has 2 identical cells

Question 6

What is the order of events in Meiosis?

Answer 6

Prophase I, Metaphase I, Anaphase I, Telophase I, Prophase II, Metaphase II, Anaphase II, Telophase II

Question 7

What is the different between gametes and somatic cells?

Answer 7

Gametes are haploid reproductive cells and somatic cells are body cells, chich are diploid

Question 8

What is synapsis?

Answer 8

The pairing of chromosomes