Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

Question 1

Which is a synonym for male and female sex cells?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: gametes

Question 2

Scientists studied reproduction in the New Zealand mud snail. They wanted to determine whether reproducing sexually or asexually was more beneficial for the snails. Which of these hypotheses would least likely aid the scientists as they worked to answer the question?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: Asexual reproduction is advantageous over sexual reproduction because it decreases the snails’ need for social interaction.

Question 3

Which process must the cell undergo to have genetically different cells at the end of cell division?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: meiosis

Question 4

Which describes the four cells that are produced at the end of meiosis?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: genetically different haploid cells

Question 5

In which type of reproduction can cells divide through the process of mitosis?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: asexual reproduction

Question 6

Meiosis produces which cell type?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: haploid

Question 7

Which of these pairings is correct?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: mitosis, part of asexual reproduction because it produces diploids

Question 8

A slow reproduction process is a disadvantage of which form of reproduction?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: sexual reproduction

Question 9

The first correlation below shows the relationship between types of cell division. Below that is a correlation showing the types of cells that each type of cell division produces. Finish the bottom correlation based on the type of cells produced. Mitosis: MeiosisBody cell:

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: Gamete cell

Question 10

Which process can be described as two cell divisions, genetic variation, and haploid cells?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: meiosis

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