Asexual Vs. Sexual Reproduction Study Guide
1.
What are gametes?
2. Which process makes gametes?
3. Is mitosis sexual or asexual? (circle one)
4. Is meiosis sexual or asexual? (circle one)
5. What are the differences in mitosis and meiosis? (list 3 each)
6. What is the difference in meiosis in males and females?
7. What process in meiosis exchanges genetic information?
8. Is pollination sexual or asexual?
9. Do homologous chromosomes pair up in mitosis/meiosis? (circle one)
10. Which process produces variation?
11. Which process produces exact copies or clones?
12. What has to happen before you can start either mitosis or meiosis?
13. How does plant mitosis differ from animal mitosis?
14. What is cancer?
15. What type of molecule is cyclin? What does it do?
16. Where are diploid cells found? Where are haploid cells found?
17. If a tree’s pollen has 50 chromosomes, how many would be found in the
tree’s bark?
18. If a fruit fly has 8 chromosomes in its saliva, how many would be found in its
sperm?
19. If a dogwood tree has 22 chromosomes in its ovule, how many would you find
in the dogwood’s flower?
20. What is the symbol for diploid? What does diploid mean? What is the
symbol for haploid? What does haploid mean?
21. What is p53?
Use the following terms to fill out the chart on the back of this paper:
Creates 2 cells
2 cytoplasmic divisions
Daughter cells are different from parent cell
Crossing over occurs
One cytoplasmic division
Creates diploid cells
Creates replacement cells (skin, lining etc.)
Creates haploid cells
Daughter cells are identical to parent cell
Creates 4 cells
Asexual
Sexual
Asexual Vs. Sexual Reproduction Study Guide
Mitosis Vs. Meiosis