Reading Guide: Meiosis Ch 10.1

What is the name for a person's characteristics, such as height, eye color, etc.?

• a gamete

• a gene

• a trait

• a chromosome

Where are a person's genes found?

• a gamete

• a spindle

• a chromosome

Human body cells have ____ chromosomes

• 23

• 46

• 92

Each person has _____ chromosomes from each of their biological parents.

• 23

• 46

• 92

• It depends

The chromosomes that make up a pair, one from each parent are called

• gametes

• homologous

• genes

• sister chromatids

These are sex cells that have 1/2 the number of chromosomes as a normal body (somatic) cell.

• gametes

• homologous chromosomes

• genes

• sister chromatids

Gametes are __________, having 1/2 the number of chromosomes as a normal body cell.

• haploid

• diploid

The process by which gametes are formed is called

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

This process occurs in prophase I and is known as

• replication

• synapsis

• crossing over

• reductive division

Use the diagram on page 273 to identify the stage of Meiosis:

"Homologous chromosomes line up along the equator"

• Prophase I

• Metaphase I

• Prophase II

• Metaphase II