Mitosis, Meiosis and Genetics

What does meiosis make?

• Body cells

• Identical daughter cells

• Genetically unique gametes (sex cells)

• New skin cells

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What does mitosis make?

• body cells

• sex cells

• unique cells

• plant cells

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What is the scientific term that refers to sex cells?

• autosome

• gamete

• karyotype

• chromosome

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This term refers to half the normal chromosome number

• haploid

• 2N

• diploid

• 3N

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This term refers to the production of gametes by organisms that reproduce sexually

• mitosis

• binary fission

• meiosis

• cloning

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The stage of meiosis where crossing over or the exchange of genetic information happens between pairs of chromosomes

• Prophase II

• Telophase I

• Metaphase II

• Prophase I

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The exchange of genetic information that insures that every gamete is unique is referred to as

• mitosis

• meiosis

• reduction division

• crossing over

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All sperm and egg cells are genetically identical.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The term that refers to a cell that has its full or complete number of chromosomes is

• diploid

• N

• gamete

• haplpoid

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How many TOTAL steps are there in the process of meiosis?

• 2

• 4

• 8

• 16