Question

Egg and sperm cells are ______; when fertilization occurs, the resulting offspring are _____. A. gametes; haploid B. haploid; diploid C. haploid; clones D. gametes; clones

Answer 1

Answer: B. haploid; diploid

Explanation: Egg and sperm cells contain a single set of chromosomes and are known as haploid. Haploid is having a single set of unpaired chromosomes in a cell or nucleus. A diploid is a cell or nucleus containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent.