What is interphase, mitosis (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase), and cytokinesis?
100
Reproductive cells are __________________ (haploid or diploid) and are represented by __________ (1n or 2n).
What is haploid and 1n?
100
Cells created during asexual reproduction come from how many parents?
What is one?
100
Two alleles that carry the same trait are called __________.
What is homozygous?
100
The process of a female gamete and a male gamete joining together to create a new offspring is called:
What is fertilization?
200
This phase of mitosis is where the chromosomes line up on the equator of the cell.
What is metaphase?
200
Reproductive cells are called ____________. The male's is called the ____________ and the female's is called the _____________.
What is gamete, sperm, and egg?
200
Name an organism that reproduces asexually by budding
What is yeast, hydra, or potato?
200
A trait that overpowers all others:
What is dominant?
200
Which phase of the cell cycle lasts the majority of the cell's life?
What is interphase?
300
What splits during cytokinesis?
What is the cytoplasm?
300
The goal of meiosis is to create ___________ (how many?) cells, all of which are _____________ (genetically identical or genetically different) to the parent cell.
What is 4, genetically different?
300
Name an organism that reproduces asexually by regeneration?
What is a starfish or a plant?
300
Complete the Punnett Square and answer the following:
Bb x bb Brown eyes are dominant, blue eyes are recessive
The probability of a heterozygous genotype is:
What is 50% or 2:4
300
How many cell divisions are there in meiosis?
What is two?
400
This is the phase of the cell cycle where the DNA duplicates.
What is interphase?
400
Fill in the blank: A haploid cell has 26 chromosomes. What number does "n" equal?
What is 26?
400
Bacteria reproduce by an asexual process called ________.
What is binary fission?
400
A female parent is Tt, or heterozygous for tall. The genotype is:
What is Tt (heterozygous)?
400
A male is XY and a female is XX. What is the probability that an offspring will be female? Draw a Punnett Square to show your work.
What is 50% or 2:4?
500
How do the daughter cells that are created compare to the original parent cell in terms of chromosomes and cytoplasm?
What is they have the same number of chromosomes and half the cytoplasm?
500
Why are gametes haploid?
What is so they can mate with another 1n cell and create an offspring (zygote)?
500
Explain one difference between sexual and asexual reproduction.
What is sexual reproduction involves two parents, asexual involves one?
500
When neither the dominant nor recessive gene "wins out" over the other, this is called:
What is codominance?
500
Give at least two ways mitosis and meiosis are different.