The Process of Sexual Reproduction

Question 1

What is the 1st step in sexual reproduction?

Answer 1

• the diploid parents produce gametes in the gonads by meiosis
• the gametes are haploid as they contain one set or half the number of chromosomes

Question 2

What is the 2nd step in sexual reproduction?

Answer 2

• the male and female gametes are brought together by pollination (plants) or mating (animals)

Question 3

What is the 3rd step in sexual reproduction?

Answer 3

• the gamete nuclei then fuse
• a process known as fertilisation

Question 4

What is the 4th step in sexual reproduction?

Answer 4

• a new cell is formed called a zygote
• it is diploid as it has 2 sets of chromosomes

Question 5

What is the 5th step in sexual reproduction?

Answer 5

• the zygote grows by mitotic cell division into a new individual