Types of Asexual Reproduction
What is Parthenogenesis?
Parthenogenesis is the process by which unfertilized haploid eggs mature into new organisms
What multicellular life form develops through mitotic division?
An embryo
What is cross pollination, and what creatures often cross pollinate?
When pollen is transferred from one plant to another.
Bees often cross-pollinate.
What is a cancer cell?
A cell that reproduced wrong, and instead of killing itself off, duplicates rapidly.
What are the 3 stages of cell cycle?
Interphase, mitosis, and then cytokinesis
What kind of species use budding for reproduction?
Coral
What are hermaphrodites?
They are creatures that can produce both male and female gametes.
____ contains male gametes in a plant
Pollen
What are the two types of tumors?
Benign and malignant
What happens during interphase?
The cell performs normal cell functions, and prepares for cell division.
____ are single celled organisms that can reproduce through binary fission
Amoebas
What is two gametes joined together called?
A zygote
____ contains the female gametes of a plant
Ovules
What is chemotherapy?
What are the 4 stages of Mitosis?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, then Telophase
Many fungi, green algae, and molds, use _____ to reproduce
Spores
What is the process called "cleavage"?
When a zygote divided into two cells
In a protective covering, known as a seed.
What are chemicals or toxins in the environment that can damage DNA called?
What is the difference between cytokinesis and mitosis?
Mitosis is the division of the nucleus, cytokinesis is the division of the cytoplasm
Name the 5 of the 8 different types of asexual production
Binary fission, budding, parthenogenesis, spores, vegetative reproduction, fragmentation, grafting, and plant tissue cultures
How are gametes produced?
What does a seed do for the embryo?
The seed provides protection for the embryo.
What is the holistic way to treat cancer?
A combination of traditionally medicines and herbs, prayers, and ceremonies.
What happens during Telophase?
The separated chromosomes arrive at opposite sides of the cell. The mitotic spindle disappears. A new nuclear envelope begins to form around each set of chromosomes, forming two new nuclei.