Meiosis Vocabulary and Notes Quiz

Compared to the number of chromosomes contained in a body cell, how many chromosomes would normally be contained in a gamete?

• The same number
• One-fourth as many
• Twice as many
• Half as many

What causes genetic variation in meiosis?

• chromosomes lining up
• crossing over of chromosomes
• separation of chromosomes
• chromosomes pulling apart

Diploid Cells are represented by

• 2n
• n
• 4n
• 1/2 n

DURING WHICH PHASE OF MEIOSIS DOES GENETIC VARIATION INCREASE

• PROPHASE II

• PROPHASE I

• ANAPHASE I

• ANAPHASE II

MEIOSIS PRODUCES 4 CELLS, THEY ARE

• N

• 2N

• 3N

• 4N

The cells produced via meiosis are called:

• sex cells
• somatic cells
• body cells
• skin cells

Meiosis makes sperm and egg cells. In humans, sperm and egg cells each have _____ chromosomes. Therefore a fertilized human egg cell (sperm and egg cell combined) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.

• 23, 46
• 46, 23
• 2, 4
• 50, 100

What kind of cells are made in MEIOSIS?

• Haploid Gametes
• Diploid Somatic Cells
• Body Cells

• Diploid Gametes

Goes through P.M.A.T two rounds 

• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• DNA replication

• Transcription

Meiosis occurs in the testes in men and the ___________ in women.

• uterus
• cervix
• ovaries
• stomach