Meiosis Practice Vocab Quiz

Body cells; make up most of your body tissues and organs

• Somatic cell

• Gamete

• Daughter cell

• sister chromatid

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NGSS.HS-LS1-2

Sex cells - egg cells and sperm cells

• somatic cell

• gamete

• daughter cell

• sister chromatid

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Two chromosomes - one from the mother and one from the father - that have the same length and general appearance

• Homologous chromosome

• Autosome

• Sex chromosome

• gamete

Chromosomes 1 through 22; chromosomes that contain genes for characteristics not directly related to the sex of an organism.

• Homologous chromosome

• Autosome

• Sex chromosome

• gamete

Chromosomes that directly control the development of sexual characteristics

• Homologous chromosome

• Autosome

• Sex chromosome

• gamete

Process by which cells from two different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism.

• gamete

• Sex chromosome

• Sexual reproduction

• Diploid

Fusion of two gametes that results in offspring that are a genetic mixture of both parents. Take 2 haploid cells and makes a diploid cell.

• Sexual reproduction

• Fertilization

• Autosome

• Somatic cell

Means a cell has two copies of each chromosome

• gamete

• Haploid

• Diploid

• polar body

Means a cell has only one copy of each chromosome

• Sperm

• Diploid

• Haploid

• Polar Body

Is a form of nuclear division that divides a diploid cell into 4 haploid cells

• Fertilization

• Sexual reproduction

• Mitosis

• Meiosis