1.1 (Reproduction in Prokaryotes, Protists, and Fungi) (part 4)

Question 1

What is binary fission?

Answer 1

a process where a parent organism equally divides and produces 2 new cells.

Question 2

What is multiple fission?

Answer 2

a process where a parent organism equally divides and produces multiple daughter cells.

Question 3

What is plasmotomy?

Answer 3

Multinucleated protists produce multinucleated offsprings only through cytoplasmic divisions and NOT nuclear divisions

Question 4

What is spore formation?

Answer 4

The formation of spores with protective capsules. Each spore eventually germinates and produces a new individual.

Question 5

What is budding?

Answer 5

The development of a small outgrowth and its separation from a parent organism

Question 6

What is syngamy?

Answer 6

the complete fusion of gametes that result to a diploid zygote

Question 7

What is isogamy?

Answer 7

the fusing of 2 similar gametes

Question 8

What is anisogamy?

Answer 8

the fusing of 2 dissimilar gametes

Question 9

What is oogamy?

Answer 9

large non-motile gametes fertilized by smaller motile gametes

Question 10

What is conjugation?

Answer 10

Temporary union of 2 individuals to exchange haploid pronuclear materials to form a zygote nucleus. Each individual with a zygote nucleus undergoes binary fission