Mitosis and Meiosis Review

Which is true about asexual reproduction?

• Takes only one mate to reproduce and takes a longer time to reproduce
• Takes a shorter amount of time to reproduce and it takes two mates to reproduce
• Reproduces diverse offspring and takes a longer time to reproduce
• Takes only one mate to reproduce and takes a shorter time to reproduce

Sexual reproduction requires _____ parents and asexual reproduction requires ___ parents

• 1,1
• 2,2
• 2,1
• 1,2 

What is an advantage of sexual reproduction?

• Allows genetic variation
• Only needs one parent
• Happens very quickly
• Offspring are exact copies of parent

Which is a type of Asexual Reproduction

• Flowers being pollinated
• Binary fission
• Chickens laying fertilized eggs
• Conjugation

What types of cells are found only in organisms that reproduce sexually?

• blood cells 
• neurons 
• skin cells 
• gametes 

What part of our cells holds our DNA?

• cytoplasm
• cell membrane
• nucleus
• ribosomes

Before a cell can divide, what must happen?

• Nothing, it is always ready to divide
• The number of chromosomes must be reduced by half
• The  chromosomes must replicate
• The number of chromosomes must triple.

In which type of cells will mitosis occur?

• egg cells
• germ cells
• jail cells
• Somatic cells

After 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