Thursday, March 4, 2021. Day 5

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To Be Completed:

Today’s Lesson:

Review “Asexual; and Sexual Reproduction - Amoeba Sisters”

Review BrainPOP Pollination

Sexual reproduction Notes

Sexual reproduction -

  • two parents contribute genetic material

    • Each gives 1/2 of the DNA

  • create genetically unique offspring

  • used by animals, plants, fungi, and protists

Vocabulary:

Egg - female sex cell (animals)

  • made in ovaries

  • (in humans contains 23 single chromosomes)

  • pollen in plants

Sperm - male sex cell (animals)

  • (in humans contains 23 single chromosomes)

  • made in testis

  • ovule in plants

fertilization - joining of egg an sperm

  • (in humans results in 23 pairs of chromosomes)

Zygote - fertilized egg

  • able to grow through mitosis

Meiosis - cell division process that makes sex cells

  • produces haploid cells with random 1/2 of the chromosomes

Diploid - body cells with pairs of chromosomes

Haploid - sex cells with random 1/2 of the chromosomes

Advantages of Sexual reproduction

  • Increased genetic diversity

  • makes diverse organisms

  • differences may be an advantage that increases survival

Quiz tomorrow?