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36 Cards in this Set
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The process a multicellular organisms use to replace body cells. |
mitosis |
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Which phase of the cell cycle is last when starting with interphase. |
cytokinesis |
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What type of of organisms would all living things be if cell division only occurs for reproduction? |
Single Celled |
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____________ is the longest stage of the cell cycle. |
interphase |
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What happens if DNA is not duplicated during interphase? |
incorrect number of chromosomes in new cells |
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Alla uses a microscope to look at slides of onion cells. The slides show the stages of the cell cycle. The slides are labeled and in the correct order, starting with interphase. In which slide would Alla first see chromosomes? |
prophase |
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Terrell uses a microscope to look at slides of plant cells. He sees a cell with two nuclei that have visible chromosomes. In which stage of cell division is this cell? |
telophase |
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Which two stages of the cell cycle happened before the stage shown in this diagram? |
interphase and mitosis |
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How does a multcellular organism grow larger? Cells in the organism __________, increasing the total number of cells. |
divide |
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In what way is cell division important to keeping organisms healthy? Cell division replaces ________________________ cells with new cells |
damaged |
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How does a sex cell differ from a body cell? A __________ cell has half the amount of genetic material as a body cell. |
sex |
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male sex cell |
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Amanda is making a poster to describe the two types of cell division. She draws an outline of a human body on the poster. Amanda wants to show diagrams of mitosis and meiosis zooming out from the different parts of the body where they take place. Which of these choices correctly shows a location for a type of cell division? |
ovaries --meiosis |
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_________________ produces the sex cells that join to form new offspring during sexual reproduction. |
Meiosis |
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What is shown in this figure? Four ______? |
Chromatids |
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Brandy knows that chromosomes behave differently in meiosis and mitosis. What do chromosomes do in meiosis but not in mitosis?The ___________________ chromosomes form pairs. |
homologous |
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Before meiosis _____there are two cells and after meiosis _______there are four cells. |
2 |
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A product of mitosis |
a skin cell |
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If a sexually reproducing organism has 28 chromosomes in its body cells, how many chromosomes did it inherit from each parent? |
14 |
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The diagram below shows a body cell with 4 homologous pairs of chromosomes.During sexual reproduction, how many chromosomes will this organism transmit to its offspring? |
4, one chromosome from each homologous pair |
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Which of the following is an advantage of asexual reproduction? The organism can _____________ in number quickly |
increase |
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A _______________ has a full set of chromosomes, half from each parent as a result of fertilization. |
zygote |
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It produces offspring genetically identical to each other and requires one parent. |
Asexual reproduction |
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Binary fission, budding, and spore formation are all examples of asexual ____________________. |
reproduction |
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Which term describes the structures labeled I? |
spores |
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A new plant develops from a stem or root of its parent plant. This is a good definition of _____________________ reproduction. |
vegetative |
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Type of reproduction involves two parents and results in offspring that are not genetically identical to either parent |
Sexual reproduction |
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type of reproduction involves two parents and results in offspring that are not genetically identical to either parent |
Cell C has genes from cell A and genes from cell B. |
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________________ reproduction involves one parent, and sexual reproduction involves two par |
Asexual |
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Compared to organisms that reproduce sexually, organisms that reproduce asexually are _________ likely to expend energy caring for their offspring. |
less |
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Both types of reproduction enable ________________ information to be passed from parent to offspring. |
genetic |
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The ___________ of every species depends on the ability of organisms to reproduce. |
survival |
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Humans are born with a full set of chromosomes in most of the cells in their bodies. Each cell having received half of its chromosomes from each parent. What type of cell division must occur in the parent cells for this to happen? |
meiosis |
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Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase |
PMAT |
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The smallest unit of living things |
cell |
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mitosis |
Cell division |