Biology Chapter 6

Question 1

The two major groups of cells

Answer 1

Somatic cells & Gametes

Question 2

Body cells that make up most of your body tissues and organs (this DNA is not passed on to children)

Answer 2

Somatic cells

Question 3

Sex cells (eggs, female; sperm, male)
This DNA is passed on to offspring

Answer 3

Gametes

Question 4

The number of chromosomes in each human body cell

Answer 4

46 (in 23 pairs ><, one from mother and one from father in each chromosome)

Question 5

Two chromosomes- one from the mother and one from the father as a pair ><

Answer 5

Homologous chromosomes / homologous pair >< (these two chromosomes > and < have copies of the same genes)

Question 6

Chromosomes that contain genes for characteristics not directly related to the sex of an organism; chromosome pairs 1-22

Answer 6

Autosomes

Question 7

Chromosomes that directly control the development of sexual characteristics (X and Y)

Answer 7

Sex chromosomes

Question 8

The fusion of two gametes that results in offspring that are a genetic mixture of both parents

Answer 8

Sexual reproduction

Question 9

The fusion of an egg and a sperm cell (the nuclei of the egg and sperm cell fuse to form one nucleus)

Answer 9

Fertilization

Question 10

A cell that has two copies of each chromosome- one from the mother and one copy from the father; aka one full pair of chromosomes (two sister chromatids) >< ><
BODY CELLS

Answer 10

Diploid