Mitosis, Meiosis, SEX Flashcards
What occurs when an egg is released from the ovary?
Ovulation
Examples of asexual reproduction?
Budding
Vegetative propagation
Regeneration
Binary fission
Another name for oviduct is?
Fallopian tubes
__________ occurs approximately every 28 days in females?
Menstruation
During fertilization a ______ cell enters an ______ cell
Sperm cell enters an egg cell
What is created when the sperm cell fertilizes the egg cell?
A zygote
Definition of Penis
Delivers sperm to vagina
Definition of Vagina
Receives sperm and acts as birth canal
Definition of Fallopian tubes
Brings mature egg from ovaries to uterus if fertilized
Definition of urethra
Takes sperm and urine out of body
Phases of mitosis in order?
PMAT prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
Ways that meiosis is different from mitosis
Meiosis happens twice
Meiosis creates haploid cells while mitosis creates diploid cells
Sexual reproduction advantage and disadvantage
Advantage: You choose when to have kids (most of the time)
Disadvantage: you need a partner to reproduce with
Asexual advantage and disadvantage
Advantage: you don’t need a partner disadvantage:everything’s the same cause there copied (no variation)
________ cells are produced by meiosis
Sex cells
Mitosis produces how many daughter cells?
Two
The daughter cells of meiosis are identical… True or false?
False
Pairs of chromosomes with similar genetic information are called?
Homologous chromosomes
Mitosis produces _________ cells
a. Haploid
b. diploid
Diploid
Three ways humans, plants, or animals have adapted to enhance reproductive success?
Plants smell good to attract animals and insects to spread their pollen
Animals have courtship dances to attract each other
Sea turtles lay hundreds of eggs so at least a few survive
Why does menstruation occur?
To get rid of the uterin lining that was there ready to hold a fertilized egg
What happens during menstruation?
You shed your uterin lining
