Meiosis

How does a sex cell differ from a body cell?

• A sex cell does not contain chromosomes.

• A sex cell contains homologous chromosomes.

• A sex cell has the same number of chromosomes as a body cell.

• A sex cell has half the amount of genetic material as a body cell.

How do the chromosomes at the end of meiosis I compare with the chromosomes at the end of meiosis II?

• Chromosomes have on chromatid at the end of both meiosis I and meiosis II.

• Chromosomes have two chromatids at the end of both meiosis I and meiosis II.

• Chromosomes have on chromatid at the end of meiosis I and two chromatids at the end of meiosis II.

• Chromosomes have two chromatids at the end of meiosis I and one chromatid at the end of meiosis II.

The diagram shows a human cell. What type of cell is this?

• a sex cell

• a body cell

• a cell about to go through mitosis

• a cell about to go through meiosis

Amanda is making a poster to describe the two types of cell division. She draws an outline of a human body on a poster. Amanda wants to show diagrams of mitosis and meiosis zooming out from the different parts of the body where they take place. Which of these choices correctly shows the location for a type of cell division?

• bone - meiosis

• testes - meiosis

• ovaries - mitosis

• stomach - meiosis

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How is meiosis related to sexual reproduction?

• Meiosis allows the offspring produced during sexual reproduction to grow and develop.

• Meiosis joins together the sex cells during sexual reproduction to produce new offspring.

• Meiosis produces the sex cells that join to form new offspring during sexual reproduction.

• Meiosis produces the body cells that join to form new offspring during sexual reproduction.

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The figure shows a cell from an organism whose body cells each have four chromosomes. What is shown in this figure?

• two chromatids

• four chromatids

• four chromosomes

• four chromosome pairs

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Which of these choices is a product of mitosis?

• egg

• sperm

• sex cell

• skin cell

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If a sexually reproducing organism has 48 chromosomes in its body cells, how many chromosomes did it inherit from each parent?

• 24

• 48

• 12

• 14

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A science teacher drew a diagram of cell division. What kind of division is shown in this diagram?

• one mitotic division

• two mitotic division

• two meiosis I divisions

• one meiosis I division and one meiosis II division

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______________ is the process of cell division that results in the formation of cells with half the usual number of chromosomes.

• meiosis

• mitosis

• mitosis II