7. haploid life cycle (some fungi and
algae, such as Chlamydomonas),
diploid life cycle (most animals,
including humans), alternation of
generations (plants, such as roses)
8. The type of life cycle that a eukaryotic
organism has depends on the type of
cell that undergoes meiosis and on
when meiosis occurs. Haploid cells
occupy the major portion of the
haploid life cycle. Diploid individuals
occupy the major portion of the
diploid life cycle. The gametophyte
and the sporophyte take turns in the
alternation of generations life cycle.
9. meiosis, gametes, fertilization, zygote,
diploid individual
Active Reading
SECTION: MEIOSIS
1. TI 9. AII
2. PI 10. PII
3. AI 11. TII
4. MI 12. MII
5. PI 13. TII
6. TI 14. AII
7. AI 15. TII
8. PI 16. a
SECTION: SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
1. Reproduction, the process of produc-
ing offspring, can be asexual or sexual.
2. an organism that is genetically identi-
cal to its parent
3. binary fission
4. Because these offspring receive
genetic material from both parents,
they inherit traits from each.
5. In both processes, offspring are
produced.
6. Because asexual reproduction
involves a single parent, there is no
fusion of haploid cells. Because sexual
reproduction involves two parents,
haploid cells are joined together.
7. c
Vocabulary Review
ACROSS
6. SPERMATOGENESIS
7. SEXUAL
9. OVUM
11. CROSSING OVER
12. SPORE
13. MEIOSIS
14. INDEPENDENT
DOWN
1. GAMETOPHYTE
2. FERTILIZATION
3. CLONE
4. ASEXUAL
5. LIFE
7. SPERM
8. SPOROPHYTE
10. OOGENESIS
Science Skills
SEQUENCING/ORGANIZING
INFORMATION
1. g 9. g
2. b 10. a
3. c 11. d
4. f 12. f
5. h 13. c
6. d 14. h
7. a 15. e
8. e 16. b
Concept Mapping
1. meiosis II
2. haploid reproductive cells or gametes
3. crossing-over
4. homologous chromosomes
5. chromatids
Critical Thinking
1. g 13. b
2. f 14. d
3. b 15. c
4. e 16. a
5. a 17. d, c
6. h 18. h, g
7. c 19. b, f
8. d 20. a, e
9. b 21. d
10. a 22. c
11. c 23. b
12. d 24. d
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