Meiosis Practice

Also known as body cells, they make up most of your body tissues and organs

• Somatic cell

• Gamete

• Daughter cell

• sister chromatid

Also known as sex cells, egg cells and sperm cells

• somatic cell

• gamete

• daughter cell

• sister chromatid

Two chromosomes - one from the mother and one from the father - that have the same length and general appearance

• homologous chromosomes

• sister chromatids

• sex chromosomes

• chromatin

Process by which cells from two different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism.

• gamete

• Sex chromosome

• Sexual reproduction

• Diploid

Means a cell has two copies of each chromosome

• gamete

• Haploid

• Diploid

• polar body

Means a cell has only one copy of each chromosome

• Sperm

• Diploid

• Haploid

• Polar Body

Is a form of cell division that divides a diploid cell into 4 haploid cells

• Fertilization

• Sexual reproduction

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

The production of genetically identical offspring from a single parent

• Nondisjunction

• Asexual reproduction

• Gametogenesis

• Sexual reproduction

What phase is  shown in the picture?

• anaphase 1
• anaphase 2
• metaphase 1
• telophase 1

Tags

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If the diploid number for a carrot is 18, the haploid number is

• 18

• 9

• 27

• 36