Meiosis

meiosis is a type of cell division that makes sex cells or ________.

• triploids

• diploids

• gametes

• centrioles

examples of sex cells

• sperm and eggs

• haploids and diploids

• mitochondria and chloroplast

• cytokinesis and telophase

mitosis consists of _____ division(s), but meiosis consists of _____ division(s)

• 0,1

• 1,2

• 2,1

• 1,0

human body cells have ____ chromosomes, and human sex cells have ____ chromosomes.

• 1,2

• 46,23

• 23,46

• 2,1

when a cell has a full complement of homologous chromosomes from each parent (2 complete sets of chromosomes)

• haploid

• diploid

• triploid

• biploid

sex cells have only one set of chromosomes because they are _________.

• haploid

• diploid

• triploid

• biploid

sperm and egg combine during _______________

• replication

• infection

• fertilization

• evolution

_________________ chromosomes exchange information during prophase 1, which adds to genetic diversity

• centromere

• chromatid

• homologous

• diploid

mitosis makes cells with _____________ number of chromosomes as the parent, but meiosis makes cells with _________ the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

• the same, half

• half, the same