Unit 8 Focus Words A and B

1. Deoxyribonucleic acid, the material that contains the information that determines inherited

characteristics

• DNA

• chromosomes

• mitosis

• meiosis

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

1. In a eukaryotic cell, one of the structures in the nucleus that are made up of DNA and protein; in a prokaryotic cell, the main ring of DNA

• mitosis

• chromosomes

• asexual reproduction

• cell theory

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The life cycle of a cell

• cell cycle

• mitosis

• meiosis

• fertilization

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

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In eukaryotic cells, a process of cell division that forms two new nuclei, each of which has the same number of chromosomes

• mitosis

• meiosis

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

1. A process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decreases to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus, which results in the production of sex cells

gametes or spores

• meiosis

• mitosis

• eukaryote

• prokaryote

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Reproduction that does not involve the union of sex cells and in which one parent produces offspring that are genetically identical to the parent

• meiosis

• mitosis

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

1. Reproduction in which the sex cells from two parents unite to produce offspring that share traits from both parents

• fertilization

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• prokaryote

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The union of a male and female gamete to form a zygote

• cell theory

• cell cycle

• fertilization

• meiosis

Scientific theory stating that all living things are made up of one of more cells, basic building block of life, and all cells come from preexisting cells

• cell theory

• cell growth

• cell cycle

• cell law

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A unicellular organism lacking a distinct nucleus and membrane bound organelles

• asexual reproduction

• fertilization

• prokaryote

• eukaryote