Sexual Reproduction
The number of parents involved in sexual reproduction is...
What is two parents?
The number of parents involved in asexual reproduction
What is one?
The DNA molecule compacts to form this threadlike structure
What is a chromosome?
Traits are inherited from our parents but can also be influenced by this.
What is the environment?
Two things that sexual and asexual reproduction have in common
Offspring are created and DNA is passed down
This cellular division process is required in sexual reproduction.
What is meiosis?
The disadvantage of asexual reproduction.
What is no genetic variation?
A section of DNA that contains the codes for our traits
What is a gene
A bird having blue feathers is an example of this type of trait
What is a physical trait?
Three reasons why cells need to make more cells
What are growth, repair and reproduction>
Are the offspring exactly the same or different from the parents? Why?
The offspring are different from the parents because they inherit DNA from both parents.
This is the only process of cellular division in asexual reproduction.
This is the organelle that Chromosomes are found in.
What is the nucleus?
These are the ways an organism acts or responds to its environment
This cellular division process will create 4 genetically unique daughter cells.
Meiosis
This the reason sexual reproduction is more beneficial to a population.
What is higher genetic variation?
True or false: Organisms use meiosis during asexual reproduction when the population needs diversity.
What is false?
This stores information about our traits that tell our cells what to do
What are genes?
A dog fetching a ball is an example of a ________ trait.
What is behavioral?
What we call DNA when it is tightly folded up into a compact shape that we can see with a light microscope
What is a chromosome
Every human has ____ pairs of chromosomes.
What is 23?
What type of reproduction can happen faster: sexual or asexual reproduction?
What is asexual reproduction
The full name of DNA
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?
Alexis' hair is naturally brown but she recently dyed it pink this is an ___________ trait.
What is an acquired trait?
This cellular division process is used to replace old or damaged cells.
What is mitosis?