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Question Set: Growth, Development, and Reproduction
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices:
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts:
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas:
- Mitosis
- What is mitosis? Provide a definition using your own words.
- What are the products of mitosis?
- Meiosis
- What is meiosis? Provide a definition using your own words.
- What are the products of meiosis?
- Compare and contrast the processes of mitosis and meiosis.
- What is an example of mitosis in aquatic plants and algae?
- How do some algae or aquatic plant species use meiosis?
- Genetic recombination
- Use your own words to define this term.
- What is the significance of genetic recombination? What effect does “crossing over” have on a chromosome?
- What effect does genetic recombination have on the offspring of an organism?
- Sexual reproduction
- What is sexual reproduction and how is it different from asexual reproduction?
- How does sexual reproduction increase genetic variation in a population?
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