Download I can: Explain that gametes (sex cells) are haploid, meaning they

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Explain that gametes (sex cells) are haploid, meaning they contain only
one set of chromosomes
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State that the male gamete is the sperm, which has a head and tail
section and is produced in the testis.
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State that the female gamete is the egg, which is larger than the
sperm cell, has a large food store in its cytoplasm and is produced in
the ovaries.
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State that the male reproductive system comprises the testes, which
produce sperm, and the sperm duct which allows sperm to pass to the
penis. The penis then releases the sperm from the body.
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State that the female reproductive system comprises the ovaries,
which produce the eggs, and oviducts which allow the egg to pass to
the uterus, where a fertilised egg develops into a foetus. Sperm are
deposited in the vagina.
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Describe the process of fertilisation as the fusion of the sperm
nucleus with the egg nucleus
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State that in land animals, fertilisation takes place in the oviduct of
the female reproductive system
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State that in animals such as fish, fertilisation takes place in the
water
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State that gametes are haploid, and when they fuse together during
fertilisation, the zygote produced is diploid.
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State that the male gamete in plants is pollen which is produced in the
anthers
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State that the female gametes in plants is the ovule, which is
produced by the ovary
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State that a flower also has a stigma where the pollen lands, along
with petals and a nectary, both of which can be used to attract
insects.
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Explain that pollen is transferred from the anther of one plant to the
stigma of another in a process called pollination.
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Describe the process of fertilisation in plants as the growth of the
pollen tube towards the ovule in the ovary and the fusion of the pollen
nucleus with the ovule nucleus.
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State that plant gametes are haploid and the zygote produced during
fertilisation is diploid.