Study Guide 6 Questions

Question 1

What is asexul reproduction

Answer 1

New organisms are formed from a single parent.

Question 2

Asexual reproduction occurs with

Answer 2

Mitosis

Question 3

What is budding?

Answer 3

Asexual reproduction that occurs when an organism produces outgrowths through cell division

Question 4

What is required for sexsual reproduction to occur?

Answer 4

A female egg and male sperm

Question 5

How is sexual reproduction formed

Answer 5

Meiosis

Question 6

Why is it important that the number of chromosomes are halved during meiosis?

Answer 6

So that the organism being created has the correct # of chromosomes needed.

Question 7

Stamens

Answer 7

Male structure for reproduction

Question 8

Pistil

Answer 8

Female structure for reproduction

Question 9

Perfect Flower

Answer 9

Both Stamen and Pistil

Question 10

Imperfect Flower

Answer 10

Either Stamen or Pistil

Question 11

Cross pollination

Answer 11

Pollen is transferred to the stigma of a flower on a different plant.

Question 12

Self Pollination

Answer 12

Occurs when pollen is transferred to the stigma of the same plant.

Question 13

Ovary

Answer 13

Stores the ovules (unfertilized eggs).

Question 14

Fruit

Answer 14

Protects the seeds

Question 15

How do flowers encourage pollinators to use their nectar?

Answer 15

Colors and scent

Question 16

What does it mean to be heterozygous for a trait?

Answer 16

One dominant and 1 recessive allele for a trait. Dd

Question 17

Can you tell the genotype of an organism from its phenotype?

Answer 17

Yes. If an organism shows the dominant trait they must be homozygous dominant or heterozygous

Question 18

What is a Punnet Square used for?

Answer 18

Illustrate the probability of the outcomes.

Question 19

What are the odds or probability of each genotype?

Answer 19

50%

Question 20

What is a Sepal

Answer 20

Protects the bud

Question 21

What is a Petal

Answer 21

Colored leaves

Question 22

What is an Anther?

Answer 22

Produces pollen

Question 23

What is sexual reproduction?

Answer 23

A stamen and pistil

Question 24

MItosis

Answer 24

Chromosones seperate from their cell

Question 25

What is Filament?

Answer 25

Stalk that holds the anther

Question 26

What is Stigma?

Answer 26

A part of the female part of the flower that is sticky and sucks in pollen

Question 27

What is Style?

Answer 27

A part of the female part of the flower

Question 28

What is Pollen?

Answer 28

A yellow powdery substance that get feed to the stigma.

Question 29

What is the Pollen Tube?

Answer 29

Where Pollen goes through to get to places

Question 30

What is an Ovule

Answer 30

A part of the ovar, that after fertilization becomes a seed

Question 31

What is Pollination?

Answer 31

When the flowers get pollinated by the pollen

Question 32

What is fertilization?

Answer 32

A tube grows from a pollen grain down to the ovary where it will try to unite with an ovulation.

Question 33

What is a seed

Answer 33

Is protected by the fruit

Question 34

What is Mitosis?

Answer 34

Asexual reproduction is accomplished with Mitosis

Question 35

What is Meiosis?

Answer 35

Sperm and egg cells are formed through Meiosis

Question 36

What are runners?

Answer 36

New plants f on buds

Question 37

What is Heredity?

Answer 37

How traits are passed from parents to offspring

Question 38

What are Genetics?

Answer 38

Study of heredity

Question 39

What is a chromosome?

Answer 39

Rod-shaped package of DNA found in nucleus

Question 40

What is a gene?

Answer 40

Region of chromosome that codes for a specific trait

Question 41

Trait

Answer 41

A physical characteristic

Question 42

Allele

Answer 42

One version of a gene, signified by a letter

Question 43

Recessive

Answer 43

Overshadowed the recessive

Question 44

Genotype

Answer 44

Is overshadowed in the presence of a dominant trait

Question 45

Phenotype

Answer 45

The two-allele code for a particular trait

Question 46

Homozygous

Answer 46

The physical expression of the genotype

Question 47

Heterozygous

Answer 47

Genotype with one of each allele

Question 48

Punnett Square

Answer 48

Tool used to determine the possible genotype of offspring