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Inheritance Quiz 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT TYPE OF CELLS STORE THE GENETIC INFORMATION THAT IS PASSED TO OFF-SPRING

a)

BODY CELLS

b)

MITOSIS

c)

EGG

d)

SPERM

e)

EGG AND SPERM

2.

MEIOSIS

a)

REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES BY ONE HALF

b)

PRODUCES UNIQUE SEX CELLS-1N

c)

ALLOWS TRAITS TO BE PASSED TO OFFSPRING

d)

ALL ARE TRUE

e)

INCREASE GENETIC VARIATION

3.

MITOSIS

a)

INCREASES GENETIC VARIATION

b)

ALLOWS TRAITS TO BE PASSED ON TO OFFSPRING

c)

PRODUCES 2 IDENTICAL DAUGHTER CELLS

d)

ALL ARE TRUE

4.

FERTILIZATION OCCURS WHEN

a)

THE SPERM UNITES WITH THE EGG

b)

THE SPERM UNDERGO MEIOSIS

c)

THE EGG UNDERGOES MEIOSIS

d)

THE EGG AND SPERM UNDERGOES MEIOSIS

5.

MEIOSIS PRODUCES 4 CELLS-THE CHROMOSOME NUMBER IS ...

a)

DIPLOID

b)

HAPLOID

6.

NORMAL HUMANS HAVE 46 CHROMOSOMES, HOW MANY WILL THE GERM CELLS HAVE AFTER MEIOSIS?

a)

46

b)

23

c)

12

d)

92

7.
Twins conceived through one egg and one sperm  are called...
a)
fraternal
b)
identical
8.

Identical twins are formed when

a)

the embryo splits into two and then stays stuck together

b)

when 1 egg is fertilized by 1 sperm and then divides into 2

c)

when two eggs are fertilized by one sperm

d)

when one egg is fertilized by two sperm

9.
Name this phase of meiosis. 
a)
Prophase 1
b)
Metaphase 1
c)
Anaphase 2
d)
Telophase 1
10.
Name this phase of meiosis.
a)
Metaphase 2
b)
Prophase 1
c)
Anaphase 1
d)
Metaphase 1
11.
Name this phase of meiosis.
a)
Telophase 2
b)
Prophase 2
c)
Telophase 1
d)
Metaphase 1
12.
Name this phase of meiosis.
a)
Anaphase 2
b)
Telophase 1
c)
Anaphase 1
d)
Prophase 2
13.
Name this phase of meiosis.
a)
Telophase 2
b)
Telophase 1
c)
Metaphase 1
d)
Anaphase 2