Asexual and Sexual Vocabulary

1. ______________________ - Fully grown parent cell splits into two halves, producing two new identical cells.

• Fission

• Budding

• Fragmentation

• Regeneration

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

2. ______________________ - A change that occurs in the DNA sequence.

• Mutation

• Transcription

• Translation

• Replication

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

A process by which new organisms arise from part of a parent plant. By roots, steams, and leaves.

• Vegetative Reproduction

• Photosynthesis

• Pollination

• Germination

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

6. ______________________ - These can cause differences in a population.

• Genetic Variation

• Climate Change

• Nutrient Availability

• Predator Presence

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

7. ______________________ - Male gametes.

• Sperm

• Ovum

• Zygote

• Embryo

______________________ - Thread-like molecules that carry hereditary information.

• Chromosomes

• Mitochondria

• Ribosomes

• Enzymes

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Type of reproduction by which offspring arise from two parents.

• Sexual Reproduction

• Asexual Reproduction

• Budding

• Fragmentation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Farmers use this for when they are trying to breed animals and plants with certain traits that they want.

• Selective Breeding

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Engineering

• Random Mating

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

11. ______________________ - Offspring grows out of the body of the parent.

• Budding

• Fragmentation

• Binary Fission

• Spore Formation

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

12. ______________________ - A type of cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in the parent cell by half and produces four gamete cells.

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

• Binary fission

• Budding

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2