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WorksheetsMeiosis
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which process and type of resulting cells are represented?
a)
mitosis, gametes
b)
mitosis, body cells
c)
meiosis, gametes
d)
meiosis, body cells
2.
Which of the following cell types is formed by meiosis?
a)
muscle cells
b)
skin cells
c)
sperm cells
d)
blood cells
3.
Which process is necessary for the inherited traits of an organism to be passed along by sexual reproduction?
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
c)
mutation
d)
fission
4.
Which statement correctly describes meiosis?
a)
Cells divide only once.
b)
Meiosis does not occur in reproductive cells.
c)
The cells produced at the end of meiosis are genetically identical to the parent cell.
d)
The cells produced at the end of meiosis contain half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
5.
Which best describes the process shown?
a)
nondisjunction
b)
mitosis
c)
independent assortment
d)
crossing over
6.
If an intestinal cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain ____ chromosomes.
a)
3
b)
6
c)
12
d)
24
7.
Body cells of fruit flies contain 8 chromosomes. Scientists used studies of flies to discover how egg and sperm are formed. What did they observe?
a)
Body cell of offspring flies have 16 chromosomes.
b)
Sperm cells have 8 chromosomes.
c)
Egg cells have 4 chromosomes.
d)
Body cells of offspring have 4 chromosomes.
8.
A male shark has 40 chromosomes in each of its sex cells. How many would be present in its body cells?
a)
20
b)
40
c)
80
d)
160
9.
The haploid number of chromosomes for humans is ____.
a)
46
b)
43
c)
23
d)
26
10.
How many times in meiosis does the cell divide?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
3
d)
1
11.
How many daughter cells are produced at the end of meiosis?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
The result of meiosis is ______.
a)
two diploid cells
b)
two haploid cells
c)
four diploid cells
d)
four haploid cells
13.
Which process produces the most variation within a species?
a)
mitosis
b)
cloning
c)
meiosis
d)
asexual reproduction
14.
Why is meiosis important for sexual reproduction?
a)
It allows the zygote formed from fertilization to have triple the chromosome number of the organism.
b)
It allows gametes to have twice the original number of chromosomes of the organism.
c)
It allows gametes to have half the original number of chromosomes of the organism.
d)
It allows the zygote formed from fertilization to have half the original number of chromosomes of the organism.
15.
How would the DNA in a horse muscle cell compare with the DNA in a horse sperm cell?
a)
The sperm cell would have twice the DNA as the muscle cell.
b)
The sperm cell would have half as much DNA as the muscle cell.
c)
The sperm cell and muscle cell would contain the same amount of DNA.
d)
The muscle cell would have four times the DNA as the sperm cell..
16.
The diagram represents _____.
a)
a cell in metaphase of meiosis
b)
a cell in metaphase of mitosis
c)
a cell in anaphase of meiosis
d)
a cell in anaphase of mitosis
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