Meiosis Quiz Hon 2021

What is it called when a sperm and egg meet?

• meiosis
• fertilization
• cell division
• mitosis

What phase is shown in the picture?

• anaphase 1

• anaphase 2

• metaphase 2

• telophase 1

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Meiosis makes sperm and egg cells. In humans, sperm and egg cells each have _____ chromosomes. Therefore a fertilized human egg cell (sperm and egg cell combined) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.

• 23, 46
• 46, 23
• 2, 4
• 50, 100

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is one of the causes of genetic variation in meiosis?

• chromosomes coiling up

• crossing over of chromosomes

• the chromosomes lining up in single file

• new nuclear membranes forming during telophase

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Unlike mitosis, meiosis results in the formation of

• one haploid gamete

• three diploid gametes

• four diploid gametes

• four haploid gametes

When an area of a chromatid is exchanged with the matching area on a chromatid of its homologous chromosome, _________________ occurs

• crossing over
• mutagenesis
• hybridization
• fertilization

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Diploid Cells are represented by

• 2n
• n
• 4n
• 1/2 n

If the Diploid number of Carrots is 18, the haploid number is

• 18
• 9
• 27
• 36

Which process and type of resulting cells are represented?

• mitosis, gametes
• mitosis, body cells
• meiosis, gametes
• meiosis, body cells

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If a somatic (body) cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain

• 3

• 6

• 12

• 24