Living Environment Review

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A mode of reproduction in which an organism arises from two organisms and inherits half of its DNA from each parent

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Sexual Reproduction

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When comparing the offspring of sexually and asexually reproducing organisms, we would expect the genetic material (DNA) of the sexually reproducing organism to -

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show more variation

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A male shark has 40 chromosomes in each of its sex cells. How many would be present in its body cells?

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80

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A guinea pig cell has 64 chromosomes.  After mitosis, each daughter contains ___ chromosomes.

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64

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Meiosis produces ___________ while mitosis produces __________.

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Sex cells, body cells

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In asexual reproduction, all of the offspring are: Physically Identical, Genetically Identical, Physically and Genetically Identical, Not Identical

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Genetically Identical

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Which statement best describes the process of asexual reproduction? Options: new organisms are usually genetically identical to the parent, the reproductive cycle involves the production of games, nuclei of sex cells fuse to form a zygote, it involves the production of genetic copies

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it involves the production of genetic copies

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What does heredity mean?

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DNA being passed down from one generation to the next.

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Where is all the genetic material inside a cell? Options: nucleus, vacuole, cell membrane, ribosome

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nucleus

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What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?

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Allows genetic variation