Meiosis Unit Test 2022

The cells produced by meiosis are called________________ and are __________________:

• sex cells, haploid

• somatic cells, haploid

• body cells, haploid

• skin cells, diploid

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This process produces 2 identical diploid cells.

• mitosis

• meiosis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

A healthy human has _______chromosomes.

• 6

• 22

• 4

• 46

What is it called when a sperm and egg fuse together?

• meiosis

• fertilization

• cell division

• mitosis

What phase of Meiosis 1 is shown in the picture?

• anaphase 1

• anaphase 2

• metaphase 1

• telophase 1

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=ZYGOTE) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.

• 23, 46

• 46, 23

• 2, 4

• 50, 100

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What causes genetic diversity in meiosis?

• chromosomes lining up

• crossing over of chromosomes

• separation of chromosomes

• chromosomes pulling apart

Unlike meiosis in male mammals, meiosis in female mammals results in the formation of

• one haploid gamete

• three diploid gametes

• four diploid gametes

• 1 egg and 3 polar bodies

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What kind of cells are made in MEIOSIS?

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