Cell Division Vocabulary

type of cell division that creates haploid sex cells

• mitosis

• replication

• meiosis

• segregation

type of cell division that creates identical cells

• mitosis

• gametogenesis

• meiosis

• duplication

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the "fancy name" for haploid sex cells

• zygotes

• somatic cells

• neurons

• gametes

Which of the following is NOT a use of MITOSIS in a living thing?

• growth

• repair

• making sex cells (gametes)

• asexual reproduction

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joining of an egg & sperm to restore the diploid number of chromosomes

• budding

• fertilization

• binary fission

• gametogenesis

the fertilized egg

• pollen

• ovum

• gamete

• zygote

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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one parent; offspring identical to the parent (cloning)

• genetic recombination

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• non-parthenogenesis

2 parents, offspring are NOT identical to parents

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• budding

• binary fission

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different combinations of genes and/or traits in a population of sexually reproducing organisms

• differentiation

• variation

• cloning

• gametogenesis

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Which of the following is an advantage to sexual reproduction?

• fast

• creates clones

• genetic variation

• doesn't require a mate

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