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Meiosis Pre-Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which best describes the process being shown in the picture?

a)

INCREASES GENETIC VARIATION

b)

TAKES PLACE IN PROPHASE I

c)

CROSSING OVER

d)

ALL ARE TRUE

2.

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

a)

BODY CELLS

b)

MITOSIS

c)

SPERM

d)

EGG AND SPERM

3.

MEIOSIS

a)

PRODUCES UNIQUE SEX CELLS W/ HALF THE CHROMOSOMES

b)

ALLOWS TRAITS TO BE PASSED TO OFFSPRING

c)

ALL ARE TRUE

d)

INCREASE GENETIC VARIATION

4.

MITOSIS

a)

INCREASES GENETIC VARIATION

b)

ALLOWS TRAITS TO BE PASSED ON TO OFFSPRING

c)

PRODUCES 2 IDENTICAL DAUGHTER CELLS

d)

ALL ARE TRUE

5.

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

a)

DIPLOID

b)

HAPLOID

6.

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

a)

46

b)

23

c)

12

d)

92

7.

Which of the following is a phase of mitosis?

a)

Anaphase

b)

S Phase

c)

G1 Phase

d)

Interphase

8.

During meiosis, how many haploid daughter cells are produced?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

23

d)

46

9.

The teacher tells her class that some cells undergo meiosis and form haploid cells. Which group of cells are formed by meiotic division?

a)

sperm cells

b)

muscle fiber cells

c)

skin cells

d)

erythrocytes (red blood cells)

10.

Gametes must be haploid because —

a)

the gametes’ chromosomes will be replicated prior to cell division

b)

two gametes will unite during fertilization to create a diploid cell

c)

fertilization results with a haploid zygote

d)

gametes are small and can hold only the haploid number of chromosomes

11.

The process by which a cell divides into two genetically identical daughter cells is called —

a)

interphase

b)

meiosis

c)

cell division

d)

mitosis

12.
Which process and type of resulting cells are represented?
a)
mitosis, gametes
b)
mitosis, body cells
c)
meiosis, gametes
d)
meiosis, body cells
13.
A male shark has 40 chromosomes in each of its sex cells. How many would be present in its body cells?
a)
20
b)
40
c)
80
d)
160
14.
Which letter(s) in the diagram correspond to cells that are haploid? 
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
A and B
15.
Compared to the number of chromosomes contained in a body cell, how many chromosomes would normally be contained in a gamete?
a)
The same number
b)
One-fourth as many
c)
Twice as many
d)
Half as many
16.
What is one of the advantages, why is it better to reproduce sexually versus asexually?
a)
survival of the fittest
b)
overproduction
c)
genetic variation
d)
cloning
17.
A human being has a somatic cell that has 46 chromosomes.  What is the haploid number found in a gamete?
a)
23
b)
46
c)
69
d)
92
18.
The cells produced via meiosis are called:
a)
sex cells
b)
somatic cells
c)
body cells
d)
skin cells
19.
Meiosis makes sperm and egg cells. In humans, sperm and egg cells each have _____ chromosomes. Therefore a fertilized human egg cell (sperm and egg cell combined) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.
a)
23, 46
b)
46, 23
c)
2, 4
d)
50, 100
20.
Goes through P.M.A.T two rounds 
a)
Mitosis
b)
Meiosis
c)
Osmosis
d)
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