ch23

Question 1

transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring

Answer 1

Heredity

Question 2

units of genetic information

Answer 2

Genes

Question 3

possibility for true or false: Environment and other factors affect genetic traits

Answer 3

Environment and other factors affect genetic traits

Question 4

possibility for true or false: Genes do not control a person’s character

Answer 4

Genes do not control a person’s character

Question 5

reproduction that occurs through mitosis

Answer 5

Asexual reproduction

Question 6

process by which a cell turns into a different type of cell

Answer 6

Differentiation

Question 7

union of gametes

Answer 7

Sexual reproduction

Question 8

body cell

Answer 8

Somatic cell

Question 9

process of egg and sperm uniting

Answer 9

Fertilization

Question 10

fertilized cell

Answer 10

Zygote

Question 11

special type of cell division in which a diploid germ cell divides into four haploid cells

Answer 11

Meiosis

Question 12

both chromosomes cover same genetic information, but one comes from the mother, and one from the father

Answer 12

Homologous

Question 13

when Homologous chromosomes pair up

Answer 13

Synapsis

Question 14

exchange of genetic material that results in recombination

Answer 14

Crossing over

Question 15

process in which homologous chromosomes exchange genetic material during meiosis

Answer 15

Recombination