BIOLOGY - repoduction Flashcards
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What is the meaning of Sexual
Reproduction involving male and female gametes
What is the meaning of Asexual
Reproduction where organism makes a genetic copy of itself
what is a gamete
A sex cell
what is a haploid
A cell that contains half the normal amount of DNA
What is sperm
Male gamete in animals
What is Ovum/Egg
Female gamete in animals
what is the testes job
they produce the sperm
what the ovaries job
to develop the egg
what is the oviduct
where fertilisation happens
what is fertilisation
Male and female gametes meet and combine DNA
what is a zygote
a fertilized egg
what is the uterus
where a baby develops
what is implantation
When the embryo sinks into uterus lining, placenta develops
what is a placenta
An organ that nourishes the baby- gives food and oxygen but takes away carbon dioxide
what the amniotic fluid
a fluid that cushions and protects the developing baby
what is pollen (plant)
the male gamete in a flowering plant
what is the ovule/egg (plant)
Female gamete in flowering plants
what is the stamen (plant)
Male part in a flower
what is the carpel/pistil (plant)
female part of a flower
what is the filament (plant)
it holds up the anther
what is the anther (plant)
makes the pollen
what is the stigma (plant)
where pollination happens
what is the style (plant)
holds up the stigma
what else does the style do (plant)
connects stigma and ovary in flowering plants
