Chapter 31 Self Quiz: Reproduction and Development

  1. In mammals, the SRY gene is responsible for
    1. mitosis (wrong)
    2. meiosis (wrong)
    3. hermaphroditism (wrong)
    4. sex determination (correct)
    5. oogenesis (wrong)
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  2. Frogs reproduce by
    1. exchanging sperm (wrong)
    2. external fertilization (correct)
    3. copulation (wrong)
    4. cloacal kiss (wrong)
    5. protogyny (wrong)
      Hint
  3. This male Galapagos Tortoise inserts its penis into the female to inject his sperm. This internal fertilization is called
    1. spawning (wrong)
    2. sperm exchange (wrong)
    3. amplexus (wrong)
    4. cloacal kiss (wrong)
    5. copulation (correct)
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  4. In birds, the common opening of the reproductive, digestive, and urinary systems is called
    1. ovum (wrong)
    2. oviduct (wrong)
    3. cloaca (correct)
    4. vagina (wrong)
    5. anus (wrong)
      Hint
  5. In human males, the common exit duct for both semen and urine is the
    1. urethra (correct)
    2. epididymis (wrong)
    3. seminiferous tubules (wrong)
    4. vas deferens (wrong)
    5. prostate gland (wrong)
      Hint
  6. In human males, meiosis I produces
    1. 2 haploid secondary spermatocytes (correct)
    2. 2 diploid secondary spermatocytes (wrong)
    3. 4 haploid spermatids (wrong)
    4. 2 haploid primary spermatocytes (wrong)
    5. 4 diploid primary spermatocytes (wrong)
      Hint
  7. The process of producing a blastocyst from a zygote is
    1. cloacal kiss (wrong)
    2. fusion (wrong)
    3. fission (wrong)
    4. meiosis (wrong)
    5. mitosis (correct)
      Hint
  8. Oogenesis in humans produces
    1. 1 egg and 3 secondary oocytes (wrong)
    2. 4 eggs (wrong)
    3. 4 sperm (wrong)
    4. 4 primary oocytes (wrong)
    5. 1 ovum and 3 polar bodies (correct)
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