Exploring Our Fluid Earth

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Question Set: Growth, Development, and Reproduction
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.A: Structure and Function
LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms
LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits
LS3.B: Variation of Traits
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Question Set: Growth, Development, and Reproduction
  1. Mitosis
    1. What is mitosis? Provide a definition using your own words.
    2. What are the products of mitosis?
       
  2. Meiosis
    1. What is meiosis? Provide a definition using your own words.
    2. What are the products of meiosis?
    3. Compare and contrast the processes of mitosis and meiosis.
       
  3. What is an example of mitosis in aquatic plants and algae?
     
  4. How do some algae or aquatic plant species use meiosis?
     
  5. Genetic recombination
    1. Use your own words to define this term.
    2. What is the significance of genetic recombination? What effect does “crossing over” have on a chromosome?
    3. What effect does genetic recombination have on the offspring of an organism?
       
  6. Sexual reproduction
    1. What is sexual reproduction and how is it different from asexual reproduction?
    2. How does sexual reproduction increase genetic variation in a population?
Exploring Our Fluid Earth, a product of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), College of Education. University of Hawaii, 2011. This document may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-profit educational purposes.