Meiosis QUIZ

• INCREASES GENETIC VARIATION

• TAKES PLACE IN PROPHASE I

• CROSSING OVER

• ALL ARE TRUE

CROSSING OVER TAKES PLACE DURING

• PROPHASE II

• PROPHASE I

• INTERPHASE

• METAPHASE I

FERTILIZATION OCCURS WHEN

• THE SPERM UNITES WITH THE EGG

• THE SPERM UNDERGO MEIOSIS

• THE EGG UNDERGOES MEIOSIS

• THE EGG AND SPERM UNDERGOES MEIOSIS

MEIOSIS PRODUCES 4 CELLS-THE CHROMOSOME NUMBER IS ...

• DIPLOID

• HAPLOID

Which process and type of resulting cells are represented?

• mitosis, gametes
• mitosis, body cells
• meiosis, gametes
• meiosis, body cells

The chromosomes that pair up during meiosis, are called __________ chromosomes.  

• homozygous 
• asexual
• homologous
• genes

A male shark has 40 chromosomes in each of its sex cells. How many would be present in its body cells?

• 20
• 40
• 80
• 160

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

A human zygote should have _____ chromosomes inside.

• 46
• 23
• 92
• 64

Females have ____ and males have _____ chromosomes.

• XX, XY
• XY, XX
• XX, XX
• XY, XY