Meiosis and Chromosome Mutations

The cells produced via meiosis are called:

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

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A human usually has xx amount of chromosomes.

• 6
• 22
• 4
• 46

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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 1
• 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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What causes genetic variation in meiosis?

• independent/random assortment of homologous pairs

• crossing over of chromosomes

• random fertilization of an egg by a sperm

• all of the above answers

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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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What kind of cells are made in MEIOSIS?

• Haploid Gametes
• Diploid Somatic Cells
• Skin Cells
• Liver Cells

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Diploid Cells are represented by

• 2n
• n
• 4n
• 1/2 n

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Gametogenesis is the term for

• 18 fertilization of eggs.

• the production of gametes.

• the development of polar bodies.

• the movement of sperm.