sexual life cycles

Question 1

in asexual reproduction _____

Answer 1

a single individual passes genes to its offspring without fusion of gametes

Question 2

clone

Answer 2

a group of genetically identical individuals from the SAME parent

Question 3

in sexual reproduction offspring

Answer 3

having unique combinations

Question 4

what reproduction maintains genetic variation

Answer 4

sexual reproduction

Question 5

what are KEY for indicating sexual reproduction

Answer 5

meiosis and fertilization

Question 6

advantages of asexual reproduction

Answer 6

1. guarantee to pass on genetics
2. safer - not looking for a mate

Question 7

advantage of sexual reproduction

Answer 7

genetic variation

Question 8

disadvantages of sexual reproduction

Answer 8

1. may not find a mate
2. mate could eat you after

Question 9

life cycle

Answer 9

generation to generation sequence of stages in reproductive history of an organism

Question 10

meiosis

Answer 10

diploid stage (2n) to haploid stage (n)

Question 11

mitosis

Answer 11

haploid (n) to haploid (n)
diploid (2n) to diploid (2n)

Question 12

fertilization is also known as

Answer 12

syngamy and fusion

Question 13

what is the opposite of meiosis

Answer 13

fertilization (n + n = 2n)

Question 14

what is a zygote

Answer 14

single cell that is diploid

Question 15

is there a ploidy change in mitosis

Answer 15

NO

Question 16

what is common to ALL sexually reproducing organisms

Answer 16

meiosis and fertilization

Question 17

three main types of sexual life cycles differ in their

Answer 17

timing of meiosis and fertilization

Question 18

life cycle for animals and some algae

Answer 18

gametic meiosis

Question 19

what does meiosis make in gametic meiosis

Answer 19

gametes

Question 20

what is the multicellular stage in gametic meiosis

Answer 20

diploid

Question 21

number of mitotic events in gametic meiosis

Answer 21

ONE

Question 22

true or false
fertilization does not always make a zygote

Answer 22

FALSE - it always does

Question 23

life cycle of plants and some algae

Answer 23

sporic meiosis/alternation of generation

Question 24

what does meiosis make in sproic meiosis

Answer 24

spores

Question 25

what is the multicellular stage in sporic meiosis

Answer 25

both haploid and diploid

Question 26

what does meiosis produce in sporic meiosis

Answer 26

spores

Question 27

how many mitotic events are in sporic meiosis

Answer 27

3

Question 28

what ALWAYS follows fertilization

Answer 28

the creation of a single cell zygote

Question 29

how does a zygote become a diploid multicellular organisms in sporic and gametic meiosis

Answer 29

mitosis

Question 30

fungi and some algae under go _____ reproduction

Answer 30

zygotic meiosis

Question 31

meiosis produces ____ in zygotic meiosis

Answer 31

spores

Question 32

the multicellular stage in zygotic meiosis is

Answer 32

haploid

Question 33

how many mitotic events are in zygotic meiosis

Answer 33

2

Question 34

what is the ONLY diploid stage in zygotic meiosis

Answer 34

zygote

Question 35

what do ALL sexual life cycles have in common

Answer 35

1. meiosis
2. fertilization
3. gametes