Meiosis/Genes

The cells produced via meiosis are called:

• sex cells
• somatic cells
• body cells
• skin cells

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

• 18
• 9
• 27
• 36

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

• 3
• 6
• 12
• 24

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Why do we need meiosis?

• To double the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
• To halve the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
• To triple the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
• To not change the number of chromosomes going into sex cells

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At the end of mitosis you have _____ cells

• identical

• different

• identical twins

• variety

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This picture shows which process? 

• mitosis
• meiosis
• the cell cycle

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Human eggs and sperm are _____, and each has ____ chromosomes.

• diploid, 23
• diploid, 46
• haploid, 23
• haploid, 46

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How are your chromosomes inherited?

• most of your chromosomes from your mother
• most of your chromosomes from your father
• a random number of chromosomes from each parent
• half your chromosomes from your mother and half from your father.

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What genotype would a child have to have in order to be left handed?  R is dominant for right handed.

• rr
• Rr
• RR

Genotype refers to the ...

• physical expression of the genes
• the possible combination of alleles in a gene
• whether an allele is dominant or recessive
• how an organism will appear

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