Mitosis and Meiosis Vocabulary!

What is a gamete cell?

• Sister chromatids.

• All the cells in your body, aka skin cells and the liver.

• A mutation that happens when a chromosome attaches itself to another chromosome.

• Our sex cells, aka sperm and egg.

TRUE OR FALSE: Meiosis is an asexual reproduction process.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What are somatic cells?

• The total chromosomes given to you by your parents.

• All the cells in your body, except for sex cells.

• All the cells in your body and sex cells.

• The start to the division of the cytoplasm.

What is a chromosome?

• A DNA molecule.

• A RNA molecule.

• The centromere.

• A prokaryotic organism.

TRUE OR FALSE: An embryo is a unborn offspring that is completely developed.

• TRUE.

• FALSE.

What is mitosis?

• A sexual reproduction process that creates new cells.

• An asexual reproduction process that creates new cells (cell division).

• Creates haploids.

• The cell cycle.

TRUE OR FALSE: Both the sperm and egg are our "sex cells."

• TRUE.

• FALSE.

What is a zygote?

• A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two diploid gametes.

• A haploid cell resulting from the fusion of two diploid gametes.

• A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes.

• None of the above.

TRUE OR FALSE: Homologous chromosomes are NOT identical in structure.

• FALSE.

• TRUE.

What is genetic variation?

• The difference of DNA in a population.

• The difference between sex cells.

• The difference of RNA in a group of people?

• The difference of DNA in a group of animals.