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1
Q

In the process of cell division, the parent cell divides to form the______.

A

Daughter cells

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2
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How many total chromosomes should a human daughter cell have?

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46 chromosomes

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3
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______ is the division of the cytoplasm.

A

Cytokinesis

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4
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During cell division in a eukaryotic cell, mitosis is followed by ______, the division of the cytoplasm.

A

Cytokinesis

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5
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______ refers to the division of the nucleus

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Mitosis

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6
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Which organisms have a single circular chromosome

A

Prokaryotes

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7
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Name a type of cell division that occurs in prokaryotic cells, in which a parent cell divides into two identical daughter cells.

A

Binary fission

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8
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True or false: In binary fission, four daughter cells are produced

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False

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9
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What are phases of binary fission

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DNA Replication, chromosome segregation, and separation.

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10
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True or False: Eukaryotic cells don’t go through mitosis

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False

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11
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Asexual reproduction involves how many parents

A

1

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12
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Sexual reproduction involves how many parents

A

2

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13
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Which process involves to gametes uniting to form a single cell, such as when a sperm combines with an egg to form a zygote.

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Fertilization

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14
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Methods of asexual reproduction include…

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Fragmentation, binary fission, and budding.

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15
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______ is the type of asexual reproduction that occurs in yeast

A

Budding

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16
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Which type of reproduction produces two identical daughter cells

A

Binary fission

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17
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What is not a method of asexual reproduction: Binary fission, budding, fertilization, or fragmentation

A

Fertilization

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18
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Meiosis is associated with what kind of reproduction

A

Sexual

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19
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Mitosis is associated with what kind of reproduction

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Asexual

20
Q

What does external sexual reproduction look like

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A lot of eggs and very little care

21
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What does internal reproduction look like

A

Few young and a lot of care

22
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Gamete definiton

A

Sex cells, egg and sperm

23
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Zygote definiton

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The combination of sex cells, the combination of two gametes

24
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Reproduction definition

A

Producing more of the same type of organism

25
Q

Genetic variation makes __________________ more likely to survive.

A

The whole population

26
Q

Each gamete contains ______ of the parent’s DNA

A

Half

27
Q

______ reproducers are all at risk of environmental change

A

Asexual

28
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Fragmentation definition

A

A type of asexual reproduction where the parent organism breaks into fragments and each piece develops into a new organism

29
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Budding definition

A

Type of asexual reproduction where an offspring pinches off from the parent cell

30
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Parthenogenesis definition

A

An asexual reproductive process where an unfertilized egg cell grows into a new organism

31
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Prokaryote definition

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Single-celled organism that doesn’t have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles

32
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Eukaryotes definition

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Organism that has cells containing a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles

33
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Single celled organisms use ______ for asexual reproduction

A

Mitosis

34
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Multicellular organisms use ______ for growth and repair of body cells

A

Mitosis

35
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What do unicellular organisms use meiosis for

A

Nothing ; they don’t use meiosis

36
Q

Multicellular organisms use ______ to produce sex cells (sperm and egg) for sexual reproduction

A

Meiosis

37
Q

In mitosis, the final cells, ___ cells are made, that are produced are ____________ as the original cell

A

2 ; Exactly the same

38
Q

All plants reproduce ______, but not all plants use ______ and ______.

A

Sexually ; flowers ; pollen

39
Q

How many eggs are released by a sexually reproducing organism during meiosis

A

1

40
Q

How much DNA is in an egg and sperm cell compared to the original immature sex cell

A

Half (goes from 4 to 2)

41
Q

In meiosis, the final cells are ______ to the original cell

A

Different

42
Q

How many rounds of cell division are there during meiosis

A

2

43
Q

After DNA replication, what happens to the amount of DNA in the cell

A

It stays the same

44
Q

Each duplicated chromosome made during DNA replication is made from __________________

A

Two identical individual chromosomes

45
Q

Bacteria and archea exclusively reproduce______

A

Asexually

46
Q

Starfish and planeras can asexually reproduce using ______

A

Regeneration

47
Q

Prokaryotes use ______ to reproduce, which is a kind of asexual reproduction

A

Binary fission

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