| A | B |
| Budding | Type of asexual reproduction |
| Binary fission | Process by which bacteria reproduce |
| Fertilization | Type of sexual reproduction |
| Male chromosomes | Has XY set of chromosomes |
| Female chromosomes | Has XX set of chromosomes |
| Sex chromosomes | X and Y |
| 23 | Number of chromosomes found in human gametes |
| Common name for ovum | Egg |
| Crossing over | Exchange of corresponding portions of chromatids between homologous chromsomes |
| Independent Assortment | Homologous chromosomes are distributed randomly during meiosis |
| Spermatogenesis | Process by which sperm are produced |
| Chromosomes | Unit of inheritance |
| 46 | Number of chromosomes in a human somatic cell |
| Offspring formed by asexual reproduction | Look exactly like their parent cell |
| Homologous chromosomes | Code for the same traits |
| Gametes | Contain 22 autosomes and 1 sex chromosome |
| Sex of the child | Determined by the male |
| Meiosis | Process that creates new haploid cells |
| Reproduction | The process of producing offspring |
| Alternation of generations | Life cycles of moss plants |
| Haploid | n |
| Diploid | 2n |