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Many primitive organisms require only one parent to produce offspring. This is known as _______________.
What is asexual reproduction?
100
More complex organisms produce offspring through ______________. In this process, two parents are required.
What is sexual reproduction?
100
The reproductive cells form through ________________.
What is meiosis?
100
In meiosis, the cell divides twice. After the first division, the nucleus of each new cell has the same number of _______________.
What is chromosomes?
100
As organisms grow and mature, some go through distinct stages. A caterpillar goes through 4 stages to become a butterfly. This process of development is called ___________.
What is metamorphosis?
200
Young animals that have the same shape as their parents go through ______________.
What is direct development?
200
Each species has its own _______________, a process in which an animal is born unable to reproduce and grows to become a reproducing adult.
What is life cycle?
200
All animals grow through ______________, a process in which cells make exact copies of themselves.
What is mitosis?
200
Eye color is an ________________ that parents pass on to their offspring.
What is inherited trait?
200
If one parent has a ___________, such as blue eyes, it may be masked by the stronger dominant trait of brown eyes.
What is recessive trait?
300
Brown eyes are a________________?
What is dominant trait?
300
All characteristics are located on the DNA, which is contained in the _____________.
What is genes?
300
Cells going through mitosis produce ___________. A. half as many chromosomes B. six new male and female cells C. identical copies of the original cell D. offspring by budding
What is identical copies of the original cell?
300
What does rapid mitosis allow a lizard to do if its tail is cut off? A. divide a new tail B. fuse a new tail C. spindle a new tail D. regenerate a new tail
What is regenerate a new tail?
300
Through the process of metamorphosis, an insect _________. A. changes the form of its body as it grows B. molts the outer covering of its skeleton C. becomes a hopping, wiggling insect D. hatches from an egg late in summer
What is changes the form of its body as it grows?
400
How does the nucleus of a cell prepare for mitosis? A. It divides cells into exact copies B. it makes exact copies of chromosomes C. It pinches the cell membrane at the middle. D. It chromosomes pul apart the DNA coding
What is it makes exact copies of chromosomes?
400
In sexual reproduction, two cells combine to form a one cell ___________?
What is zygote?
400
Genes found on chromosomes contain the DNA codes for __________.
What is inherited traits?
400
In direct development, offspring _____________. A. go through incomplete metamorphosis B. have the same shape as adults C. go through complete metamorphosis D. become nymphs
What is have the same shape as adults?
500
What are the 3 stages of incomplete metamorphosis?
What is egg, nymph and adult.
500
If a body cell has 22 chromosomes, what would be the chromosome count for the reproductive cells? Why?
What is 11 because each parent provides had the number of chromosomes needed
500
One human train that is not inherited it _________. A. tongue curling B. attached earlobes C. balance D. hair color
What is balance?
500
Compare mitosis and meiosis.
What is both are types of cell division. Both go through similar stages. Mitosis produces body cells, meiosis produces reproductive cells. After mitosis, cells have a complete set of chromosomes. After meiosis cells have half the number of chromosomes.
500
An example of incomplete metamorphosis is the life cycle of the ______________. A. butterfly B. rabbit C. grasshoppeer D. frog
What is grasshopper?