VOCAB #2: Mitosis and Meiosis

The cycle of growth and asexual reproduction of a cell, consisting of interphase followed in actively dividing prophase, metaphase anaphase, and telophase.

• mitosis

• cell cycle

• mutation

• meiosis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Process in which one diploid cell divides to make 4 haploid sex cells

• meiosis

• mitosis

• fertilization

• crossing over

Describes a cell that has pairs of chromosomes

• diploid

• haploid

• zygote

• meiosis

A type of reproduction in which one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization.

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• meiosis

• homologous chromosome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The female reproductive, or sex, cell; forms in an ovary.

• egg

• sperm

• zygote

• haploid

A reproductive process in which a sperm joins with an egg.

• mitosis

• meiosis

• zygote

• fertilization

The cell that forms when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell.

• egg

• sperm

• zygote

• haploid

describes a cell that has only one chromosome from each pair

• homologous chromosome

• diploid

• haploid

• zygote

The exchange of chromosome segments between non-sister chromatids during the production of gametes; creates variation in offspring's traits due to genetic recombination

• crossing over

• sexual reproduction

• meiosis

• mitosis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Pairs of chromosomes that have genes for the same traits arranged in the same order

• diploid

• homologous chromosome

• haploid

• asexual reproduction

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1