Reproduction

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Robbie Murphy

Cards (9)

  • Q. What is meant by diploid and haploid?
    A. Diploid - two sets of chromosomes (46), Haploid - one set of chromosomes (23)
  • Q. Which cells are haploid?
    A. Gametes (sperm and egg)
  • Q. What are the male and female gametes called in plants?
    A. Pollen (male) and Ovules (female)
  • Q. What are the male and female gametes in animals called?
    A. Sperm (male) and egg (female)
  • Q. Where are sperm and eggs produced in an animal?
    A. Testes (sperm) and Ovaries (egg)
  • Q. Where is pollen and ovules produced in a plant?
    A. Anthers (pollen) and Ovaries (ovules)
  • Q. What is fertilisation?
    A. The fusion of the nuclei of two haploid gametes
  • Q. What is the cell called which is produced after the sperm fertilises the egg?
    A. Zygote
  • Q. What does a zygote divide to produce?
    A. An embryo