Meiosis Vocabulary

What does diploid mean?

• A cell that has two of each chromosomes.

• A cell that has one of each chromosome.

• A cell that has half the number of chromosomes.

• A cell that is a sperm or egg.

Which of the diagrams below would be considered haploid?

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Which of the diagrams below would have two copies of each chromosome?

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A process that forms gametes within human ovaries and testes.

• Mitosis

• Haploid

• Diploid

• Meiosis

Sperm or egg cells that have half the number of chromosomes.

• Diploid cells

• Gametes

• Sister chromatids

• Homologous chromosomes

What are the circled structures modeling?

• One homologue

• homologous chromosomes

• equatorial plate

• two haploid chromosomes

• The arrows are pointing to homologous chromosomes.

• The arrows are pointing at the centromeres.

• The arrows are pointing at one gene.

• The arrows are pointing at sister chromatids.

• The arrow is pointing at a sister chromatid.

• The arrow is pointing at a centromere.

• The arrow is pointing at homologous chromosomes.

• The arrow is pointing at a gene.

• The diagram is modeling crossing over.

• The diagram is modeling the genome for haploid gametes.

• The diagram is modeling independent assortment.

• The diagram is modeling mitosis.

Which model is showing sister chromatids being separated?

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