Reproduction, Heredity, and Diversity

Question 1

What is the mitosis phase in which nuclear membranes form around each set of chromosomes?

Answer 1

Telophase

Question 2

What is the cell division that results in genetically identical cells?

Answer 2

Mitosis

Question 3

What is an ordered sequence of events that are repeated during a cell’s lifetime?

Answer 3

Cell Cycle

Question 4

What is the final stage of the cell cycle?

Answer 4

Cytokinesis

Question 5

What is the cell type that does not reproduce using mitosis?

Answer 5

Prokaryotes

Question 6

What is the first stage of a eukaryotic cell cycle?

Answer 6

Interphase

Question 7

What is a group of human cells with 23 chromosomes?

Answer 7

Gametes

Question 8

What is a type of cell division that produces four haploid cells?

Answer 8

Meiosis

Question 9

What is a cell that has half the usual number of chromosomes?

Answer 9

Haploid Cell

Question 10

What is a process that combines two sex cells, resulting in a full set of chromosomes of a new organism

Answer 10

Fertilization

Question 11

What is a Chromatid?

Answer 11

each half of a duplicated chromosome

Question 12

What is a type of cell division that produces two diploid cells?

Answer 12

Mitosis

Question 13

What is are specialized cells that can survive harsh conditions?

Answer 13

Spore(s)

Question 14

What is Budding?

Answer 14

the formation of a new organism on the surface of its parent

Question 15

What are Sperm Cells?

Answer 15

sex cells formed in the male reproductive organs

Question 16

What is the first cell of a new organism?

Answer 16

Zygote

Question 17

What is Binary Fission?

Answer 17

an organism divides once to form two identical organisms (common among single-celled organisms)

Question 18

What is the process of joining an egg and sperm?

Answer 18

Fertilization

Question 19

What is formed by the fertilization of an egg cell and a sperm cell?

Answer 19

Zygote