Genetics Review

Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...

• 16 chromosomes.
• 46 chromosomes.
• 8 chromosomes.
• 4 chromosomes.

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What process does a multi-cellular organism use to replace its damaged body cells?

• mitosis
• meiosis
• replication
• transcription

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

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

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When you start with 1 cell, at the end of mitosis, how many identical cells will you have?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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In which type of cells will mitosis occur?

• egg cells
• sperm cells
• jail cells
• Body cells except the sperm and egg cells

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Before cells can divide, what must be copied?

• mitochondria
• cytoplasm
• DNA
• Cell Wall

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After meiosis is complete how many cells will there be?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

After meiosis is complete, the new cells:

• are all identical
• are all different
• are half identical and half different
• are all stretched out

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Why is sexual reproduction better than asexual reproduction?

• It gives an advantage to organisms to be different than the rest, if the environment changes.
• It is better for all organisms to be the same.
• It happens faster.
• It helps skin cells divide faster to heal wounds.

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products of meiosis are genetically

• different
• identical

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