Reproduction

Question 1

What is sexual reproduction?

Answer 1

WHERE GENETIC INFORMATION FROM TWO ORGANISMS IS COMBINED TO PRODUCE OFFSPRING WHICH ARE GENETICALLY DIFFERENT TO EITHER PARENT

Question 2

What is the male gamete and the female gamete called?

Answer 2

MALE - SPERM

FEMALE - EGG

Question 3

Each gamete contains 23 chromosomes, HALF the number of chromosomes in a normal cell. Why is this?

Answer 3

SO HALF FROM THE MOTHER AND HALF FROM THE FATHER FORM A CELL WITH THE FULL NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES

Question 4

What does sexual reproduction involve?

Answer 4

THE FUSION OF MALE AND FEMALE GAMETES. BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO PARENTS, THE OFFSPRING CONTAIN A MIXTURE OF THEIR PARENTS GENES

Question 5

Why does the offspring inherit features from both parents?

Answer 5

BECAUSE ITS RECEIVED A MIXTURE OF CHROMOSOMES FROM ITS MUM AND ITS DAD

Question 6

How can an ordinary cell make a new cell?

Answer 6

BY SIMPLY DIVIDING IN TWO

Question 7

When a new cell is formed from simply dividing an ordinary cell in two - the new cell has exactly the same genetic information (i.e. Genes) as the parent cell, what is this known as?

Answer 7

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question 8

How many parents are there in asexual reproduction?

Answer 8

ONE PARENT

Question 9

Is there a fusion of gametes in asexual reproduction?

Answer 9

NO

Question 10

Is there a mixing of chromosomes in asexual reproduction?

Answer 10

NO

Question 11

Is there genetic variation between parent and offspring in asexual reproduction?

Answer 11

NO

Question 12

The offspring in asexual reproduction are genetically identical to the parent, what is this called?

Answer 12

CLONES

Question 13

Some organisms produce offspring using asexual reproduction, give an example of TWO organisms which do.

Answer 13

BACTERIA AND SOME PLANTS

Question 14

What sexual reproduction produce?

Answer 14

GENETICALLY DIFFERENT CELLS