Sexual Reproduction

Question	Answer
What is sexual reproduction?	The production of offspring by the fusion of haploid gametes (eggs and sperm) from two parents to form a diploid gamete (fertilized egg).
What are gametes?	eggs and sperm/sex cells/germ cells
What is fertilization?	when sperm unites with an egg to form a zygote and an embryo develops
What is a zygote?	fertilized egg
What are germ cells?	gametes/sex cells/eggs and sperm
What are somatic cells?	all body cells except sex cells
What is spermatogenesis?	is the formation of sperm in the male testes
What is oogenesis?	the formation if eggs in the female ovaries
What is an embryo?	the early stage of development of a multicellular, eukaryotic organism
What is blastocyst?	After 5-6 days,consists of 200 cells. Implants in uterus to begin embryo development.
What is morula?	Zygote after 4-5 days of development, made of a mass of 10-30 cells
What is meiosis?	a specialized form of cell division that produces gametes (reproductive cells), such as egg and sperm for sexual reproduction
When is the sex of a baby determined?	At conception

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	Created by Rebecca Sikarev over 5 years ago