Why do we need gametes?

Gametes are the cells used during sexual reproduction to produce a new individual organism.

Explanation:

The male gamete or sperm, is a smaller, mobile cell that meets up with the much larger and less mobile female gamete, egg or ova.

Gametes are the cells used during sexual reproduction to produce a new individual organism or zygote. The male gamete, sperm, is a smaller, mobile cell that meets up with the much larger and less mobile female gamete, egg or ova. Both sperm and egg are only haploid cells. They only carry half of the chromosomes needed.