C2 Vocabulary Flashcards
Define Heritable.
Transmissible from parent to offsring.
Define Reproductive Strategy.
The way an animal or plant mates and/or raises offspring.
Define Asexual Reproduction.
The reproduction that does not include the fussion of other sex organs.
Define Binary Fission.
The organism is duplicated into an exat replica of itself.
Define Spore.
The asexual reproduction strategy involving seeds.
Define Clone.
Generates a genetcally identical copy of the parent organism.
Define Budding.
An asexual reproduction strategy involving buds on the parent organism.
Define Sexual Reproduction.
The reproduction by mixing two different sexes (male and female).
Define Zygote.
A fertilized ovum.
Define Pistil.
The female organs of a flower, consisting of the ovay and ovules.
Define Stamen.
The male organs of a flower, consisting of the anther and the filiment.
Define Ovule.
The part of the plant that, when fertilized, becomes the seed.
Define Embryo.
A young developeing offspring.
Define Cleavage (cell division).
The division of the zygote.
