AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. A gamete is a reproductive cell of an animal or plant. In animals, female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Ova and sperm are haploid cells, with each cell carrying only one copy of each chromosome.

Detailed explanation-2: -in males, these four cells are all sperm cells. in females, one of the cells is an egg cell while the other three are polar bodies (small cells that do not develop into eggs).

Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: Somatic cells refer to all cells in the body, with the exception of the reproductive cells. Gametes are the reproductive cells, namely the sperm and egg cells. Somatic cells each have 46 chromosomes in total, with 23 chromosomes from each parent.

Detailed explanation-4: -Somatic cells are any cell in the body that are not gametes (sperm or egg), germ cells (cells that go on to become gametes), or stem cells. Essentially, all cells that make up an organism’s body and are not used to directly form a new organism during reproduction are somatic cells.