Reproduction

What do you call the type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from two different cells combine, producing an offspring?

• pollination

• sexual reproduction

• fertilization

• asexual reproduction

In this cell division, one diploid cell divides and makes four haploid sex cells. What do you call this special kind of cell division?

• mitosis

• meiosis

• fertilization

• pollination

Which of the following is an advantage of sexual reproduction?

• Genetic variation

• Down syndrome

• Mutation

• New trait formed

What type of reproduction takes place when one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization?

• pollination

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

• fertilization

Cell division in prokaryotes that forms two genetically identical cells is known as ______

• fission

• bud

• regeneration

• cloning

What do you call the form of asexual reproduction in which offspring grow from a part of a parent plant?

• fission

• budding

• regeneration

• vegetative reproduction

What word is used to describe a type of cell that contains one set of chromosomes?

• Diploid

• Single

• Haploid

• Double

Hydra produce offspring by growing the new individual on the body of the parent. This is an example of...

• budding.

• fission.

• regeneration.

• tubers.

Which of the following cell types is formed by meiosis?

• muscle cells
• skin cells
• sperm cells
• blood cells

Meiosis makes sperm and egg cells. In humans, sperm and egg cells each have _____ chromosomes. Therefore a fertilized human egg cell (sperm and egg cell combined) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.

• 23, 46
• 46, 23
• 2, 4
• 50, 100