Sexual Reproduction & Meiosis

What process combines genetic information from TWO CELLS to produce an offspring?

• Sexual Reproduction

• Asexual Reproduction

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

Which process creates offspring that are genetically different than one another?

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

What is the name of the process when an egg and sperm join together?

• fertilization

• meiosis

• mitosis

• asexual reproduction

What is the name of the cell that is created by fertilization?

• egg

• sperm

• embryo

• zygote

What type of cell contains two of each chromosome?

• Diploid

• Haploid

• Monoploid

• Triploid

What are pairs of chromosomes that have genes for the same traits arranged in the same order?

• Zygotic chromosomes

• Haploid chromosomes

• Diploid chromosomes

• Homologous chromosomes

Which type of cells are diploid?

• sex cells

• body cells

A male shark has 40 chromosomes in each of its sex cells. How many would be present in its BODY cells?

• 20

• 40

• 80

• 160

What is the process that creates sex cells?

• Cell Division

• Fertilization

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

What type of cell has a single set of unpaired chromosomes?

• Diploid

• Embryo

• Haploid

• Zygote