Cell Division Vocabulary Test-Mini

What are chromosomes made of?

• Genetic structures made of RNA

• Genetic structures made of proteins

• Genetic structures made of DNA

• Genetic structures made of lipids

What is the study of the ability of species to pass their characteristics from parent to offspring called?

• Heredity

• Genetic

• Genes

• Somatic cells

What is a unit of inheritance found in chromosomes that can be passed from parents to offspring?

• DNA

• Somatic cells

• Genes

• Gametes

What is the transfer of genes from parent to offspring called?

• Genetic

• Heredity

• Homologous chromosomes

• Somatic cells

What are matching chromosomes that have the same size and shape called?

• Somatic cells

• Gametes

• Homologous chromosomes

• Genes

What are any type of cells in your body except for an egg or sperm cell called?

• Gametes

• Somatic cells

• Homologous chromosomes

• Genes

What are egg or sperm cells also known as?

• Somatic cells

• Homologous chromosomes

• Gametes

• Genes

What is the smallest genetic molecule found in the nucleus of a cell that contains information about an organism that can be passed from parent to offspring?

• Chromosomes

• Genes

• DNA

• Somatic cells

What is the process of cell division that produces identical cells with a diploid number of chromosomes?

• Meiosis

• Haploid

• Mitosis

• Diploid

Which type of cell division produces gametes with a haploid number of chromosomes?

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Diploid

• Ovaries