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Question 1

What is Gametogenesis? males and females

Answer 1

Sex cells or gametes, created through the process of gametogenesis.

Males -> (sex organs are testes) spermatogenesis
Females -> (sex organs are ovaries)
oogenesis

Question 2

What’s the difference between Mitosis and Meiosis

Answer 2

Mitosis is body cells, and create 2 identical diploid cells for growth and repair

Meiosis is sex cells, and create 4 genetically different haploid cells for reproduction

Question 3

Explain how transcription happens in the nucleus of the cell

Answer 3

RNA polymerase unzips DNA and builds an mRNA strand using it as a guide. The mRNA then leaves the nucleus and goes to the cytoplasm for translation.

Question 4

Explain how transcription happens in the cytoplasm of the cell

Answer 4

When mRNA is decoded by ribosomes to synthesize proteins

Question 5

Metastasis

Answer 5

The movement of cancerous cells via the lymphatic or blood circulatory
systems to a location other than where they originate

Question 6

Malignant

Answer 6

The wild cells or tumours grow into an area of the body where large blood vessels are present

Question 7

Benign

Answer 7

When a tumour grows in one region of the body and does not move
to other parts of the body.

Question 8

What 3 units make up a nucleic acid?

Answer 8

Phosphate, pentose sugar and a nitrogenous base