Mitosis and Meiosis

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

• interphase
• anaphase
• prophase
• telophase

When a cell divides, what do we call the 2 new cells?

• mother cells
• father cells
• daughter cells
• son cells

If the message never gets through for a cell to stop dividing and it just keeps dividing over and over again, what can form?

• tumor
• freckle
• goosebump
• scab

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

• 46
• 92
• 22
• 23

When you start with 1 cell, at the end of mitosis, how many identical cells will you have?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

After meiosis is complete how many cells will there be?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Another name for a sex cell is a:

• gamete
• embryo
• bone cell
• muscle cell

You inherited...

• most of your chromosomes from your mother
• most of your chromosomes from your father
• a random number of chromosomes from each parent
• half your chromosomes from your mother and half from your father.

In mitosis, the end product is...

• 2 haploid cells
• 2 diploid cells
• 4 haploid cells
• 4 diploid cells

The daughter cells in mitosis are...

• Identical
• Unique