UNIT TWO: Reproduction- Plants and Animals Flashcards
What is another word to describe sex cells?
Gametes
In PLANTS the mate gamete is?
Pollen
In PLANTS the female gamete is?
Ovule
What produces Pollen?
The Anther
What produces The Ovule
The Ovary
What is Pollination?
Pollination is the transfer from the anther of one plant to the stigma of the other
What does pollen make to fertilise the ovule nucleus
Pollen Tube
When does fertilisation take place in PLANTS?
When the haploid nucleus of the pollen fuses with the haploid nucleus of the ovule
What forms after Fertilisation in PLANTS?
Diploid cell called a Zygote
How many sets of chromosomes do Haploid cells have?
One
How many sets of chromosomes do Diploid cells have?
Two
Gametes are what kind of cells?
Haploid
Every other body cells are Diploid
In ANIMALS what is the male gamete?
And where are they produced?
Sperm Cell
In the Testes
In ANIMALS what is the female gamete?
And where are they produced?
Egg cell
In the Ovaries
What is the sperm cells function?
To travel to, and fertilise the egg cell