Reproduction - Unit 2

Question 1

Term used to describe a body cell which contains two matching sets of chromosomes

Answer 1

Diploid

Question 2

Term used to describe a sex cell which contains a single set of chromosomes

Answer 2

Haploid

Question 3

General name for a haploid sex cell

Answer 3

Gamete

Question 4

Tiny male gamete consisting of a head region (containing a nucleus) and a tail

Answer 4

Sperm cell

Question 5

Process by which the nucleus of a male gamete fuses with that of a female gamete to form a zygote

Answer 5

Fertilisation

Question 6

Female gamete form an animal containing a nucleus and a store of food

Answer 6

Egg cell

Question 7

General name for a reproductive organ in an animal that produces gametes

Answer 7

Gonad

Question 8

Site of production of a sperm in animals

Answer 8

Testes

Question 9

Site of production of eggs in animals and flowering plants

Answer 9

Ovary

Question 10

Normal site of fertilisation in a human female

Answer 10

Oviduct

Question 11

Site of production of pollen grains in flowering plants

Answer 11

Anther

Question 12

Product of fertilisation when the nuclei of two gametes fuse

Answer 12

Zygote

Question 13

Transfer of pollen form an anther to the stigma of a flower

Answer 13

Pollination

Question 14

Microscopic structures containing a flowering plants male sex cell

Answer 14

Pollen grains

Question 15

Tiny structures containing a flowering plants female sex cells

Answer 15

Ovules