Chapter 4 Vocab.

Question 1

asexual reproduction

Answer 1

a new organism is produced from one

Question 2

chromosome

Answer 2

is a structure in the nucleus that contains hereditary material

Question 3

diploid

Answer 3

when cells have similar chromosomes

Question 4

DNA

Answer 4

the code of a chemical called deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 5

egg

Answer 5

are formed in the female reproductive organs

Question 6

gene

Answer 6

where the instructions of making a specific protein

Question 7

haploid

Answer 7

sex cells that do not have the pairs of chromosomes

Question 8

meiosis

Answer 8

produces haploid sex cells

Question 9

mitosis

Answer 9

the process in which the nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei

Question 10

mutation

Answer 10

if DNA is not copied exactly the proteins made from the instructions might not be made correctly, these mistakes are called mutation

Question 11

RNA

Answer 11

the codes of making proteins are carries from the nucleus to the ribosomes by another type of nucleic acid called ribonucleic or RNA

Question 12

sexual reproduction

Answer 12

two sex cells, sometimes called an egg and a sperm come together

Question 13

sperm

Answer 13

are formed in male reproductive organs

Question 14

zygote

Answer 14

the cell that that forms fertilization

Question 15

fertilization

Answer 15

the joining of an egg and sperm