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Meiosis

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In asexual reproduction, how many parents are involved?

a)

Four

b)

One

c)

Two

2.

True/False: Most multi-cellular organisms produce asexually.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

How many chromosomes do normal human body cells have?

a)

23 chromosomes

b)

43 chromosomes

c)

46 chromosomes

4.

Male sex cells are called? While female sex cells are called?

a)

Sperm; Egg

b)

Ova; Egg

c)

Egg;Sperm

5.

What did Sutton propose that was very important?

a)

Sperm cells are located in grasshoppers

b)

Egg and sperm are different

c)

Mendel was accurate

d)

Genes are located on chromosomes

6.

Mitosis is responsible for

a)

the growing and development of an organism

b)

producing genetic variation

c)

sexual reproduction

7.

How many chromosomes do sex cells have?

a)

43

b)

23

c)

46

d)

2

8.

The alleles "rr" stand for

a)

Round seed

b)

round with slight wrinkles

c)

Wrinkled seed

9.

What are all of the possible genotypes of the peas?

a)

Round or wrinkled

b)

First generation and second generation

c)

RR, Rr, rr

10.

Males are considered to be

a)

XY

b)

XX

c)

YY

11.

If there are 14 chromosomes in pea plant cells, how many chromosomes are present in a sex cell of a pea?

a)

14

b)

7

c)

28

d)

4

12.

In the early 1900s, scientists started doing experiments that were similar to those done by the "Father of Genetics", whom would this be?

a)

Walter Sutton

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Bill Nye

d)

Isaac Newton

13.

Look at the pictures of mitosis and meiosis, what is one difference you see?

a)

One lines up in the middle while the other doesn't

b)

One look like it is being pulled apart while the other doesn't

c)

The chromosomes in one are all the same color, while the other is different

d)

They are exactly the same