Cell Cycle & Meiosis 2022-23

The result of meiosis is:

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

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The purpose of meiosis is to form ________ cells.

• body
• sex
• somatic
• brain

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When a cell divides, what do we call the 2 new cells?

• mother cells
• father cells
• daughter cells
• son cells

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What portion of the cell cycle involves the actual dividing?

• interphase

• mitosis

• G1

• G2

When a cell is not actively dividing, it is in what phase?

• interphase
• anaphase
• prophase
• telophase

In meiosis, the haploid number of chromosomes in a human sex cell is:

• 46
• 92
• 22
• 23

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After meiosis is complete, the new cells:

• are all identical

• are all genetically different

• are half identical and half different

• are all stretched out

The union of male and female gametes to form a zygote is called____

• sperm

• egg

• fertilization

• tetrads

The process by which male gametes (sperm) form

• oogenesis

• spermatogenesis

• fertilization

• crossing over

The production, growth, and maturation of an egg or ovum

• spermatogenesis
• oogenesis
• fertilization
• conception

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