Biology Reproduction exam questions and 100% correct answers 2024
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Biology Reproduction
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Biology Reproduction
asexual reproduction - correct answer A reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
fission - correct answer Division of an organism into two new cells. Reproduction in protists.
budding - correct answer Asexual reproduction in w...
asexual reproduction - correct answer A reproductive process that involves only one parent and
produces offspring that are identical to the parent.
fission - correct answer Division of an organism into two new cells. Reproduction in protists.
budding - correct answer Asexual reproduction in which a part of the parent organism pinches off and
forms a new organism
oviparity - correct answer describes organisms that produce eggs that develop and hatch outside the
body of the mother. birds, most reptiles, & monotremes (platypus & echidna)
viviparity - correct answer A condition describing the reproductive strategy wherein embryos develop
within the mother while receiving nutrients via a placenta with subsequent live birth. most mammals
ovoviviparity - correct answer reproduction in which eggs develop within the maternal body without
additional nourishment from the parent & hatch within the parent or immediately after laying. guppy
fish, garter snake
zygote - correct answer A one-celled organism formed by the union of a sperm and an egg.
gametes - correct answer A haploid cell such as an egg or sperm. Gametes unite during sexual
reproduction to produce a diploid zygote.
gonads - correct answer Glands related to sexual characteristics and the processes involved in
reproduction
parthenogeneis - correct answer type of asexual reproduction that involves the development of an egg
without fertilization; resulting adult is haploi
, hermaphroditism - correct answer A condition in which an individual has both female and male gonads
and functions as both a male and female in sexual reproduction by producing both sperm and eggs.
sequential hermaphroditism - correct answer A reproductive pattern in which an individual reverses its
sex during its lifetime.
protogyny - correct answer female to male
protandry - correct answer a form of sequential hermaphroditism in which the individual matures first as
a male, then transforms into an adult female later in life
SRY - correct answer the sex determining region of the Y chromosome in males. Encodes the testis-
determining factor, which turns the primordial gonads into the testes
How many pairs of chromosomes in a human? - correct answer 23.. 22 pair autosomes and 1 pair sex
chromosomes
external fertilization - correct answer The process by which the female lays eggs and the male fertilizes
them once they are outside of the female
internal fertilization - correct answer Process in which eggs are fertilized inside the female's body
sperm - correct answer Male gamete
testes - correct answer Interstitial cells make testosterone/sperm when stimulated by FSH and LH from
the pituitary gland.
seminiferous tubules - correct answer Narrow, coiled tubules that produce sperm in the testes.
spermatogenesis - correct answer - "sperm production
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