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WorksheetsMeiosis & Mitosis
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
A turkey sperm cell contains 80 chromosomes. How many chromosomes will be found in a turkey muscle cell?
a)
40
b)
80
c)
120
d)
160
2.
Which of the following cells is diploid?
a)
sperm cell
b)
egg cell
c)
gamete
d)
zygote
3.
Beaver muscle cells have 48 chromosomes. How many chromosomes would be found in a beaver egg cell?
a)
96
b)
48
c)
24
d)
12
4.
Which of the following occurs only in meiosis?
a)
crossing over between homologous chromosomes
b)
pulling apart of sister chromatids
c)
splitting of cytoplasm
d)
repication of DNA in interphase
5.
Which of the following does NOT describe meiosis?
a)
sexual reproduction
b)
reduction division
c)
increases genetic variation
d)
produces identical copies
6.
Gametes can be described by ALL of the following EXCEPT
a)
sperm cells
b)
egg cells
c)
haploid cells
d)
body cells
7.
Which of the following could be produced by meiosis?
a)
muscle cell
b)
nerve cell
c)
gamete
d)
zygote
8.
A guinea pig cell has 64 chromosomes. After mitosis, each daughter contains ___ chromosomes.
a)
128
b)
64
c)
32
d)
16
9.
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.
10.
What is the result when a single cell reproduces by meiosis?
a)
two cells that have twice the genetic information as the parent cell
b)
two cells that have half the genetic information as the parent cell
c)
four cells that have twice the genetic information as the parent cell
d)
four cells that have half the genetic information as the parent cell
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