Definitions 3

Question 1

Asexual reproduction

Answer 1

Reproduction requiring only 1 single individual, without involving production of gametes and producing genetically identical offspring.

Question 2

Sexual reproduction

Answer 2

Reproduction involving the production and fusion of gametes, usually involving 2 individuals and producing genteically different offspring. At fertilisation, a diploid zygote is formed.

Question 3

Fertilisation

Answer 3

Fusing of male and female gamete

Question 4

Pollination

Answer 4

Process by which a pollen grain produced by an anther lands on a fertile stigma of a carpel.

Question 5

Self pollination

Answer 5

Process by which the pollen grain from a plant fertilises its own ovule.

Question 6

Menstrual cycle

Answer 6

28 (approx.) cycle that starts when a woman enters puberty and ends at menopause and in which a matured egg cell will he released for potential fertilisation.

Question 7

Follicle

Answer 7

Group of cells in which and egg will develop

Question 8

FSH

Answer 8

Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Hormone release by pituitary glands which stimulates follicle to develop in ovaries

Question 9

Artificial insemination

Answer 9

Placing of sperm cell high into the uterus of a woman

Question 10

Invitro fertilisation

Answer 10

Fertilisation of an egg cell and sperm cell outside of body, prior to it being implanted in uterus.

Question 11

Sexually yransmitted infection

Answer 11

Infectioj transmitted by sexual intercourse ex: HIV

Question 12

Inheritance

Answer 12

The passing on of characteristics pr genetic information from one generation to the next