Reproduction Vocab

Question 1

offspring

Answer 1

a new organism that results from sexual or asexual reproduction

Question 2

Asexual reproduction

Answer 2

reproduction that does not involve union of sex cells and in which one parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent

Question 3

sexual reproduction

Answer 3

reproduction in which sex cells from two parents unite to produce offspring that share traits from both parents

Question 4

gamete

Answer 4

a reproductive cell that unites with another reproductive cell to form a zygote

Question 5

fertilization

Answer 5

sexual reproduction, a sperm cell and an egg join in a process

Question 6

zygote

Answer 6

egg is fertilized by a sperm cell, a new, genetically different cell is formed

Question 7

cell division

Answer 7

the formation of two daughter cells from a single parrent cell

Question 8

chromatid

Answer 8

One of two identicle halves of replicated chromosomes

Question 9

cytokinesis

Answer 9

the cell division of cytoplasm of the cell to form two daughter cells

Question 10

interphase

Answer 10

the peorid in the cell cycle during which the cell grows , matures, and duplicates genetic information