Chapter 4-Reproduction of Organisms

When do homologous chromosomes line up along the middle of the cell in meiosis?

• telophase II

• anaphase I

• prophase II

• metaphase I

Select the statement that is true about asexual reproduction.

• It produces new offspring from two parent organisms without going through meiosis and fertilization.

• It produces new offspring from one parent organism without going through meiosis and fertilization.

• It occurs only in animals and protists.

• It only happens during mitosis.

During meiosis ____________.

• A haploid parent cell divides into four haploid cells.

• A haploid parent cell divides into two haploid cells.

• A diploid parent cell divides into four haploid cells.

• A diploid parent cell divides into two haploid cells.

What are chromosome pairs that have genes for the same traits arranged in the same order?

• homologous

• daughter cells

• zygotic

• mitotic

How many divisions of the nucleus are there in meiosis?

• 0

• 2

• 4

• 1

What form of asexual reproduction is represented by plants sending out runners called stolons over the soil allowing new plants grow from the runners?

• mitotic cell division

• budding

• fission

• vegetative reproduction

Which of these is the method of reproduction for hydra?

• fission

• animal regeneration

• budding

• vegetative reproduction

Regeneration must always produce a new organism.

• True

• False

Select all that are disadvantages of asexual reproduction.

• There is little genetic variation in the offspring.

• It takes time and energy.

• Only multi-cellular organisms reproduce asexually.

• It requires two parent organisms.

Diploid cells have

• triple chromosomes

• quadruple chromosomes

• single chromosomes

• pairs of chromosomes