Name:__________________________________________ Period:________ Date:___________________
Reproduction Review
CLG 3.2.1 C
1. How are sexual and asexual reproduction different? (List 3 reasons)
i)
ii)
iii)
2. Draw a bacterial cell undergoing binary fission.
3. What is the purpose of binary fission?
3. What is the big advantage of sexual reproduction?
4. What are two advantages of asexual reproduction?
i)
ii)
5. How is a zygote formed?
6. Hydra is an organism that reproduces through budding. Hydra have 52
chromosomes in their somatic cells. How many chromosomes would the offspring
of a hydra have after the budding process is complete? _____________
CLG 3.2.1 D
1. A rose pedal cell contains 20 chromosomes. When the pedal grows, what process does
it undergo so that the other cells in the pedal also contain 20 chromosomes?
A) fertilization
B) mitosis
C) meiosis
D) asexual reproduction
2. What disease is caused by uncontrolled mitosis? ___________________________
3. How many daughter cells are produced in mitosis? ___________ Are these
daughter cells diploid or haploid? ________________________ What does that
mean?
4. True or False: The daughter cells contain the same number of
chromosomes as the parent cell before mitosis.
5. True or False: The daughter cells contain identical genes to the parent cell
before mitosis.
6. A starfish can regenerate a damaged limb because of what cellular process?
7. A cat has 38 chromosomes. After a cat’s nail cell undergoes mitosis, how
many chromosomes will the daughter cells have? ___________
8. Why is mitosis important? (List TWO reasons)
9. True or False: Mitosis produces gametes.
Name:__________________________________________ Period:________ Date:___________________
CLG 3.3.1
1. Giraffes have 62 chromosomes in each body cell. If a giraffe cell undergoes
meiosis, how many chromosomes will be in each gamete?
A. 31
B. 62
C. 124
D. 148
2. Four cells, each with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell, are
produced during what process?
A. Osmosis
B. Mitosis
C. Meiosis
D. Fertilization
3. In a flower, the diploid number of chromosomes is 52. How many chromosomes
will be found in a pollen grain (the gamete)?
A. 14
B. 26
C. 52
D. 104
4. A human zygote contains 46 chromosomes. How many chromosomes does a
zygote receive from the mother?
A. 0
B. 23
C. 46
D. 92
5. An organism has gametes that contain 12 chromosomes. How many
chromosomes will be in the organism’s body cells?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 24
D. 36
6. An adult zebra has 44 chromosomes in its tail. How many chromosomes will be
in a zebra’s egg cell? _____________
7. A sugar cane plant undergoes sexual reproduction. Its gametes contain 12
chromosomes. When the plant is grown, how many chromosomes will its leaf cells
contain?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 24
D. 36
8. An elephant zygote has 50 chromosomes.
8a) How many chromosomes will be in an adult elephant’s trunk? ___________
8b) How many chromosomes will be in an elephant’s sperm cell? _____________
9. How many chromosomes will be in the gamete of a walrus if the zygote contains
36 chromosomes? ______________
10. After an egg cell containing 16 chromosomes is fertilized, how many
chromosomes will be present in the zygote? ____________
11. What process is shown in the figure below? ________________________________________
12. This process results in which of the following:
A. New combinations of genes B. A new number of chromosomes
C. New species
D. New populations
13. True or False: The gametes produced through meiosis are identical to each
other.