Directions: On the line before each definition, write the letter of the term that matches it correctly. Each term
is used only once.

1.production of an offspring through the
combination of egg and sperm

2.female sex cell

3.male sex cell

4.joining of egg and sperm

5.the cell formed by fertilization

6.body cell or zygote, which has pairs
of chromosomes

7.male or female sex cell that has only one
chromosome from each pair

8.process by which one diploid cell divides into
four haploid cells

9.two chromosomes that have genes for the same
traits in the same order

A. diploid cell
B. egg
C. fertilization
D. haploid cell
E. homologous
chromosomes
F. meiosis
G. sexual reproduction
H. sperm
I. zygote