chapter 4 vocab words

Question 1

asexual reproduction

Answer 1

in ______ ____________, a new organism is produced from one organism.

Question 2

chromosome

Answer 2

is a structure in the nucleus that contains hereditary material

Question 3

diploid

Answer 3

is when cells have pairs of similar chromosomes

Question 4

DNA

Answer 4

contains information for an organism’s growth and function

Question 5

egg

Answer 5

are formed in the female reproductive organs.

Question 6

fertilization

Answer 6

is the joining of and egg and sperm

Question 7

gene

Answer 7

is a section of DNA on a chromosome

Question 8

haploid

Answer 8

because sex cells do not have pairs of chromosomes, they are said to be

Question 9

meiosis

Answer 9

is the process that produces haploid sex cells

Question 10

mitosis

Answer 10

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

Question 11

mutation

Answer 11

are permanent change in the DNA sequence of gene or chromosome of a cell

Question 12

RNA

Answer 12

is another type of nucleic acid that carries codes for making proteins are carried from the nucleus to the ribosomes

Question 13

sexual reproduction

Answer 13

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

Question 14

sperm

Answer 14

are formed in the male reproductive organs.

Question 15

zygote

Answer 15

the cell that forms from the fertilization of a sperm and egg

Question 16

Parent Cell

Answer 16

is the original cell

Question 17

Daughter Cell

Answer 17

are the 2 new cells that are created after cell division process

Question 18

Cytokinesis

Answer 18

the step when two new cells are formed

Question 19

Apoptosis

Answer 19

the death of cells

Question 20

spindle fibers

Answer 20

filaments that form the mitotic spindle in cell division.

Question 21

Centrioles

Answer 21

a small set of microtubules arranged in a specific ways