Name _____________________________
Science 7/Period _______________
Date _______________
Heredity and Reproduction Vocabulary
(Use the glossary in the text)
1. Type of reproduction in which a new organism is produced from one parent and the DNA
is identical to the parent organism.
____Asexual__________________________
2. Type of reproduction in which two sex cells join to form a zygote ___Sexual_________
3. Genetic material of all organisms
____DNA____________________________
4. A section of DNA on a chromosome that contains instructions for making specific
proteins
_____gene_____________________________
5. Structure in a cell’s nucleus that contains genetic material
6. *Reproductive cell or sex cell
_chromosome__46____
___gamete____(half the chromosomes)_______
7. Cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg
__zygote_________________________
8. *New organism produced by a living thing
___offspring_____________________
9. Female sex cell
____egg________23 chromosomes___________
10. Male sex cell
____sperm______23 chromosomes__________
11. The joining of an egg and sperm
____fertilization____________________
12. Passing of traits from parent to offspring ___heredity______________________
13. Genetics : study of heredity
14. Gregor Mendel – father of genetics, Austrian monk that studied heredity in pea plants
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Asexual reproduction
Fertilization
*Offspring
Chromosome
*Gamete
Sexual reproduction
DNA
Gene
Sperm
Egg
Heredity
Zygote
*Not defined in the book-- do them last! 