OpenStax Biology: Chapter 11 Quiz

A diploid, multicellular life-cycle stage that gives rise to haploid cells by meiosis is called a ________.

• sporophyte
• gametophyte
• spore
• gamete

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Which type of life cycle has both a haploid and diploid multicellular stage?

• asexual
• diploid-dominant
• haploid-dominant
• alternation of generations

The part of meiosis that is similar to mitosis is ________.

• meiosis I
• anaphase I
• meiosis II
• interkinesis

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At which stage of meiosis are sister chromatids separated from each other?

• prophase I
• prophase II
• anaphase I
• anaphase II

Fungi typically display which type of life cycle?

• diploid-dominant
• haploid-dominant
• alternation of generations
• asexual

If a muscle cell of a typical organism has 32 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will be in a gamete of that same organism?

• 8
• 16
• 32
• 64

At metaphase I, homologous chromosomes are connected only at what structures?

• chiasmata
• recombination nodules
• microtubules
• kinetochores

What is a likely evolutionary advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

• Sexual reproduction involves fewer steps.
• There is a lower chance of using up the resources in a given environment.
• Sexual reproduction results in variation in the offspring.
• Sexual reproduction is more costeffective.

What structure is most important in forming the tetrads?

• centromere
• synaptonemal complex
• chiasma
• kinetochore

Meiosis produces ________ daughter cells.

• two haploid
• two diploid
• four haploid
• four diploid