Mitosis and Meiosis

A new organism is produced from one parent organism.

• Sexual Reproduction
• Asexual Reproduction

Mitosis is a type of ________________ reproduction.

• Sexual
• Asexual

Results of cell division or mitosis include all of the following EXCEPT?

• growth
• repair damaged cells
• replace damaged cells
• dead cells

How many chromosomes does a human cell have?

• 42
• 46
• 24
• 64

How many daughter cells are produced in mitosis?

• 1
• 2
• 4
• 6

Sexual reproduction requires _____ parents and asexual reproduction requires ___ parents

• 1,1
• 2,2
• 2,1
• 1,2 

California blackworms, also known as mudworms, are able to break apart. Each body section that broke apart is able to become an identical new worm. What type of reproduction does this example represent?

• Sexual reproduction

• Asexual reproduction

Reproducing asexually will produce offspring ...

• genetically different from each other

• genetically identical to the parent

What is a disadvantage of asexual reproduction?

• New species of organisms cannot come into being.
• The offspring does not multiply rapidly.
• The offspring does not live for long.
• All of these

The genetic instructions are found in ---- within the DNA

• traits
• chromosomes
• genes
• DNA