Genetics Practice Test

What is the purpose of MITOSIS?

• Repair damages or injuries in multicellular organisms

• Allow for the existence of multicellular organisms

• Allow multicellular organisms to grow larger

• To produce sperm and egg cells

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Multicellular organisms (like humans) are more than just a collection of the same type of cell because cells are able to ____________.

• divide

• differentiate

• multiply

• separate

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Your skin cells and your stomach cells have DIFFERENT codes in their DNA.

• True

• False

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In MITOSIS, how does the DNA of the first cell compare to the DNA of the finals cells?

• the cells have identical DNA

• the final cells have half the amount of DNA

• the final cells have the same amount of DNA, but the codes are different

• the final cells are different, but in an unpredictable way

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In the process of MEIOSIS, how does the DNA of the final cells compare to the DNA of the first cell?

• The cells have identical DNA

• The final cells have half the amount of DNA, and the code is a combination of the person's parents.

• The final cells have twice the amount of DNA.

• The final cells have the same amount of DNA, but it's unpredictably different.

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The DNA in the final cells of MEIOSIS comes from

• the person's mother

• the person's father

• both of their parents

• the DNA is made completely randomly

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Which type of cells go through meiosis?

• Gametes

• Skin cells

• Prokaryotic cells

• yeast

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How many phases does MEIOSIS have?

• one

• two

• three

• four

How many cells does MEIOSIS produce?

• one

• two

• three

• four

Different versions of the same gene are called

• alleles

• dominance

• DNA

• recombinants