WorksheetsMitosis and Meiosis
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 22mins
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Class
Date
1.
How is the number of chromosomes in a human sex cell different from the number in a human body cell?
a)
A sex cell has 23 chromosomes and a body cell has 46.
b)
A sex cell has 46 chromosomes and a body cell has 23.
c)
A sex cell has chromosomes that are half
d)
A sex cell has chromosomes that are twice as long as those in a body cell.
2.
Dante wants to match the types of cells with how they are produced. Which choice correctly matches a type of cell with how it is produced?
a)
Egg cell --> meiosis in males
b)
Sperm cell --> mitosis in males
c)
Body cell --> mitosis in females
d)
Body cell --> meiosis in females
3.
How is meiosis related to sexual reproduction?
a)
Meiosis allows the offspring produced during sexual reproduction to grow and develop.
b)
Meiosis joins together the sex cells during sexual reproduction to produce new offspring
c)
Meiosis produces the sex cells that join to form new offspring during fertilization.
d)
Meiosis produces the body cells that join to form new offspring during fertilization.
4.
Which of these choices is made from the process of mitosis?
a)
Egg
b)
Sperm
c)
Sex Cell
d)
Skin Cell
5.
Which of these choices is NOT a reason for mitosis taking place in a multi-cellular organism?
a)
Growth
b)
Repairing Wounds
c)
Asexual Reproduction
d)
Making Sex Cells
6.
Which of these statements is true of asexual reproduction?
a)
It produces offspring genetically identical to each other and requires one parent.
b)
It produces offspring genetically identical to each other and requires two parents.
c)
It produces offspring genetically different from each other and requires one parent.
d)
It produces offspring genetically different from each other and requires two parents.
7.
Which type of reproduction involves two parents and results in offspring that are not genetically identical to either parent?
a)
Binary fission
b)
Asexual reproduction
c)
Sexual reproduction
d)
Vegetative reproduction
8.
What does meiosis create?
a)
Skin cells
b)
Reproductive (or sex) cells
c)
Only egg cells
d)
Nerve cells
9.
Select the best description of a chromosome.
a)
material used to form the cell membrane
b)
tightly wound DNA that is ready for cell division
c)
long, stretched out strands of DNA
d)
molecules that form the sex cells
10.
Which of these choices is not a reason for mitosis taking place in a multi-cellular organism?
a)
growth
b)
repairing wounds
c)
asexual reproduction
d)
making sex cells
11.
When a cell divides, what do we call the 2 new cells?
a)
mother cells
b)
father cells
c)
daughter cells
d)
son cells
12.
Before a cell can divide, what must happen?
a)
Nothing, it is always ready to divide
b)
The number of chromosomes must be cut in half
c)
The number of chromosomes must double
d)
The number of chromosomes must triple.
13.
What type of cells may never undergo mitosis and make new cells?
a)
blood cells
b)
skin cells
c)
nerve cells
d)
stomach cells
14.
In which type of cells will mitosis occur?
a)
egg cells
b)
sperm cells
c)
jail cells
d)
Body cells except the sperm and egg cells
15.
In meiosis, the haploid number of chromosomes in a human sex cell is:
a)
46
b)
92
c)
22
d)
23
16.
What is the diploid number of cells found in a human body cell?
a)
23
b)
46
c)
92
d)
47
17.
When you start with 1 cell, at the end of mitosis, how many identical cells will you have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.
After meiosis is complete how many cells will there be?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
19.
Chromosomes that have corresponding traits from the opposite sex parent are called:
a)
Heterogeneous chromosomes
b)
homologous chromosomes
c)
Mother and Father chromosomes
d)
Grandmother and grandfather chromosomes
20.
Another name for a sex cell is a:
a)
gamete
b)
embryo
c)
bone cell
d)
muscle cell
21.
After meiosis is complete, the new cells:
a)
are all identical
b)
are all different
c)
are half identical and half different
d)
are all stretched out
22.
In mitosis, the two resulting cells are
a)
different from the starting cell and identical to each other.
b)
different from the starting cell and different from each other.
c)
identical to the starting cell and different from each other.
d)
identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.
23.
Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...
a)
16 chromosomes.
b)
46 chromosomes.
c)
8 chromosomes.
d)
4 chromosomes.
24.
How many daughter cells are produced from meiosis ?
a)
10
b)
6
c)
4
d)
2
25.
The female sex cell is called
a)
zygote
b)
sperm
c)
fertilization
d)
egg
26.
The male sex cell is called
a)
egg
b)
zygote
c)
sperm
d)
mitosis
27.
Humans have how may chromosomes ?
a)
112
b)
46
c)
8
d)
67
28.
Most of the cells in the human body are produced by
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
29.
Why do we need meiosis?
a)
To double the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
b)
To halve the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
c)
To triple the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
d)
To not change the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
30.
Name that process
a)
Mitosis
b)
Meiosis
c)
Mutation
d)
Cell Cycle
31.
In Meiosis if the parent cells has 40 chromosomes, then how many will the daughter cells have
a)
40
b)
10
c)
20
d)
18
32.
A cat has a total of 38 chromosomes in its body cells. How many in its gametes?
a)
38
b)
19
c)
76
d)
10
33.
Meiosis is the process of cell division for making more...
a)
somatic (body cells)
b)
egg and sperm cells
c)
skin cells
d)
brain cells
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