WorksheetsCell Replication: Stem Cells, Mitosis, and Meiosis
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Which of the following is NOT a source for stem cells?
Adult tissue cells
Embryos
Sperm and eggs
Stem cells are ___________?
Cells that grow uncontrollably.
Undifferentiated and can develop into many types of cells.
Cells that never go through cell division.
Stem cells used for Regenerative Medicine can be used to __________?
Grow different types of tissues
Create new species of animals
Make babies
Which of the following cells is undifferentiated?
Cardiac muscle cell
Nerve cell
Stem Cell
What process best explains how muscle cells and nerve cells can develop from the same fertilized egg?
Genetic engineering
Selective breeding
Differentiation
Embryonic Stem Cells are stem cells that come from fertilized eggs left over from ____________________.
In vitro fertilization (IVF)
Sexual Reproduction
Asexual Reproduction
When the sperm and egg combine, they create one new cell known as an _____________?
Gamete
Embryo
Unfertilized egg
What are the two things that can control Differentiation?
Chemicals released by other cells
The location of the cells (the stem cell niche)
The type of cell needed
Scientist are researching ways to use stem cells to replace parts of your body with copies of those parts. This is called?
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue research
Adult stem cells
Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...
16 chromosomes.
46 chromosomes.
8 chromosomes.
What process does a multi-cellular organism use to replace its damaged body cells?
Mitosis
Meiosis
Replication
The female sex cell is called
Zygote
Sperm
Egg
The male sex cell is called
egg
zygote
sperm
Humans have how may chromosomes ?
112
46
8
Why do we need meiosis?
To double the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
To halve the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
To triple the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
Name that process
Mitosis
Meiosis
Mutation
Cell Cycle
Gametes are sex cells and are formed through the process of meiosis.
TRUE
True
FALSE
False
Body cells are produced through
Mitosis
Meiosis
Both
