Mitosis / Meiosis

When a cell is not actively dividing, it is in what phase?

• interphase
• anaphase
• prophase
• telophase

Before a cell can divide, what must happen?

• Nothing, it is always ready to divide
• The number of chromosomes must be cut in half
• The number of chromosomes must double
• The number of chromosomes must triple.

In meiosis, the haploid number of chromosomes in a human sex cell is:

• 46
• 92
• 22
• 23

What is the diploid number of cells found in a human body cell?

• 23
• 46
• 92
• 47

Another name for a sex cell is a:

• gamete
• embryo
• bone cell
• muscle cell

The process on the left is:
The process on the right is:

• Left: meiosis
  Right: meiosis
• Left: meiosis
  Right: cloning
• Left: mitosis
  Right: meiosis
• Left: mitosis
  Right: mitosis

What scientific process is being shown?

• Mixing
• Crossing under
• Crossing over
• square dancing

Mitosis takes place in _____

• sex cells (gametes)

• somatic cell (non sex cells)

The primary function of mitosis is _______

• to create genetic variety

• growth and repair of cells

Mitosis creates daughter cells which are genetically identical to the parent cell

• True

• False