Reproduction Flashcards

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Fertilization

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The joining of an egg and a sperm

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Offspring

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Any new individual as a result of reproduction

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Sperm

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The male reproductive cell

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Egg or ovum (plural: ova)

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The female reproductive cell

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Hermaphrodite

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An organism that has both female and male reproductive systems in one body

Ex. Slugs, corals

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Sexual dimorphism

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When males and females of the same species look different from eachother

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External fertilization

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When eggs and sperm are released into environment and sperm swim to egg

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Internal fertilization

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Sperm are placed in the female body and swim through tubes to find egg, requires mating (intercourse)

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Asexual reproduction

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Reproduction involving only one parent

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Extinct

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If living things were not able to reproduce, their species would become extinct

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Reproduction

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When one or more organism create more of its own species

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Budding

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When an organism develops a bud

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Clone

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Having exactly the same physical and chemical makeup as its parent

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Fission

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When the parent organism divided into 2 or more identical organisms

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Vegetative Reproduction

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The plant form of asexual reproduction

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Chromosomes

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The strand like material controlling all the cells activities; usually found in the nucleus of a cell

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Egg

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The female reproductive cell

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Sperm

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The male reproductive cell

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Trait

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A character passed from parent to offspring

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Fertilization

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The joining or an egg cell with a sperm cell

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Gene

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The section of a chromosome that passes on traits