Meiosis

Meiosis

10th - 12th Grade

16 Qs

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Meiosis

Meiosis

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

10th - 12th Grade

Easy

NGSS
HS-LS3-2, HS-LS1-4, HS-LS3-1

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

John Chvatal

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What causes genetic variation in meiosis?
chromosomes lining up
crossing over of chromosomes
separation of chromosomes
chromosomes pulling apart

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
Which process and type of resulting cells are represented?
mitosis, gametes
mitosis, body cells
meiosis, gametes
meiosis, body cells

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which process is necessary for the inherited traits of an organism to be passed along by sexual reproduction?
mitosis
meiosis
mutation
fission

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which statement correctly describes meiosis?
Cells divide only once.
Meiosis does not occur in reproductive cells.
The cells produced at the end of meiosis are genetically identical to the parent cell.
The cells produced at the end of meiosis contain half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Which best describes the process shown?
nondisjunction
mitosis
independent assortment
crossing over

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If an intestinal cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain ____ chromosomes.
3
6
12
24

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Body cells of fruit flies contain 8 chromosomes.  Scientists used studies of flies to discover how egg and sperm are formed. What did they observe?
Body cell of offspring flies have 16 chromosomes.
Sperm cells have 8 chromosomes.
Egg cells have 4 chromosomes.
Body cells of offspring have 4 chromosomes.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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