Cell Inheritance Quiz

Which of the following is a gamete?

• sperm

• pollen

• eggs

• all of the above

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What is main purpose of meiosis in mammals?

• to grow and develop

• to heal from injuries

• to produce gametes

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Unlike mitosis, meiosis produces

• two diploid cells

• four diploid cells

• two haploid cells

• four haploid cells

A monarch butterfly has 30 chromosomes in its egg cells, how many would be in a wing cell?

• 15

• 30

• 60

• 120

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Which of the following is a way that meiosis creates genetic variation in populations?

• independent assortment

• crossing over

• random fertilization

• all of the above

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What process is being shown?

• crossing over

• independent assortment

• random fertilization

• all of the above

Select all the answers that are correct about the diagram

• this cell is diploid

• this cell is haploid

• the diploid number is 6

• the diploid number is 3

if a _ occurs in meiosis, some gametes will carry an aneuploidy

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disorders like down syndrome are caused by

• an infectious disease from when they were babies

• a malformed protein from a piece of mutated DNA

• nondisjunctions occurring in the parents' gametes

• over-exposure to carcinogens such as UV radiation

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Select all the true statements about mitosis & meiosis:

• mitosis makes somatic cells, meiosis makes gametes

• mitosis helps you grow & develop, meiosis helps you reproduce

• mitosis occurs in testes & ovaries, meiosis occurs all over body

• mitosis makes identical cells, meiosis makes unique cells

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