Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction

What name is given to the male gamete?

• meiotic spindle

• egg cell

• zygote

• sperm cell

Check all that apply.

Reproductive cells are _______.

• haploid

• gametes

• somatic

• diploid

What process creates reproductive cells used in sexual production?

• meiosis

• mitosis

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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Meiosis results in _____.

• 4 haploid daughter cells

• 2 diploid daughter cells

• 2 haploid daughter cells

• 4 diploid daughter cells

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Potatoes have a diploid number of 48. How many chromosomes do the gametes of a potato plant have?

• 96

• 48

• 24

• 12

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A zygote is formed by ___________ - the joining or fusion of a sperm and egg cell.

• fertilization

• fission

• regeneration

• fragmentation

Which of the following describes a zygote cell?

• diploid

• haploid

• monoploid

• triploid

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A mosquito has a haploid number of 3. After fertilization, a mosquito zygote has ___ chromosomes..

• 6

• 9

• 12

• 15

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A mosquito has a haploid (n) number of 3. How many chromosomes are in the nucleus of a mosquito egg cell?

• 6

• 3

• 12

• 9

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A mosquito has a haploid number of 3. A stomach cell of the mosquito has how many chromosomes in the nucleus?

• 3

• 9

• 6

• 12