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WorksheetsReproduction Quiz
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 33mins
Members of a species of cicada live underground for most of their lives. Every seventeen years, they come out of the ground to mate. After mating, each female lays about six hundred eggs in the tree branches. How do cicadas increase the chances of the survival of their offspring?
They mate every seventeen years.
They remain underground for most of their lives.
They mature into adults before they can reproduce
They produce more offspring than are likely to survive.
In which structure does an embryo (a baby) develop?
fallopian tube
ovary
uterus
endometrium
A mother and father have two daughters. The daughters have some similar and some different physical features. Which statement BEST explains why the girls’ physical appearance includes both similar and different features?
one daughter received fewer genes than the other
each daughter received a different number of genes from each parent
the daughters received a random set of genes from both parents
one daughter received all her genes from her father and the other daughter received all her genes from her mother
During _____________ reproduction, there is only 1 parent which results in _______________ offspring!
Asexual, Identical
Asexual, Variable
Sexual, Identical
Sexual,
What kind of fertilization do animals that live in water usually show?
Intermal
External
Asexual
Aquatic
Do most of the animals that provide PARENTAL CARE have few or many offspring?
Few
Many
Female is to egg, as male is to
Embryo
Sperm
Offspring
Spore
Identical twins result from:
1 sperm sperm fertilizing 2 eggs
1 sperm fertilizing 1 egg which then splits
2 sperm fertilizing 1 egg
2 sperm fertilizing 2 different eggs
Compared to the amount of hereditary information in a human body cell, how much hereditary information is in a human sex cell?
1/4 the amount
1/2 the amount
the same amount
twice the amount
A certain mammal has 12 chromosomes in its skin cells. How many chromosomes would you expect to find in its sperm cells?
12
6
24
8
