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MEIOSIS (11-4) TEST
(2 points each)
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Write the letter of the answer that best completes the statement on the blank to the left.
______Cells undergo MEIOSIS to ______.
A. grow bigger
B. repair injuries
C. replace worn out cells
D. make gametes for sexual reproduction
______In MEIOSIS a 2n parent cell divides to produce ______.
A. four identical 2n cells
B. four different 1n cells
C. two identical 1n cells
D. two different 2n cells
______Type of reproduction in which offspring are produced using the genetic material from only ONE parent.
A. ASEXUAL
B. SEXUAL
______The pairing up of homologous chromosomes during meiosis is called______.
A. crossing over
B. independent assortment
C. synapsis
D. segregation
______The random separation and mixing up of maternal and paternal chromosomes in different combinations during meiosis is called ______.
A. synapsis
B. oogenesis
C. crossing over
D. independent assortment
______Sperm and egg cells are ______cells.
A. HAPLOID
B. DIPLOID
______The exchange of genetic material between arms of homologous chromosomes is called ______.
A. synapsis
B. crossing over
C. asexual reproduction
D. independent assortment
______The synapsis happens in ______.
A. prophase I
B. prophase II
C. metaphase I
D. interphase II
______During meiosis, independent assortment happens in ______.
A. metaphase I
B. anaphase II
C. anaphase I
D. telophase II
______Human body cells have ______chromosomes.
A. 72
B. 15
C. 46
D. 23
______The production of mature sperm cells is called ______
A. ootogenesis
B. oogenesis
C. spermatogenesis
D. apoptosis
______Type of cell division which producesTWO IDENTICAL DIPLOIDdaughter cells.
A. MITOSIS
B. MEIOSIS
______Type of cell division shown at the right:
A, MITOSIS
B. MEIOSIS
______Type of cell division in which genetic recombination occurs
A. MITOSIS
B. MEIOSIS
______The picture at the right shows chromosomes that are
involved in ______
A. segregation
B. independent assortment
C. crossing over
______Name the phase seen in MITOSIS which is SKIPPED in MEIOSIS?
A. Interphase I
B. Interphase II
C. Cytokinesis II
D. Prophase I
______The production of a mature egg is called ______
A. ootogenesis
B. oogenesis
C. spermatogenesis
D. apoptosis
______During meiosis, crossing over happens in ______.
A. prophase I
B. prophase II
C. metaphase I
D. interphase II
______In asexual reproduction the offspring are genetically ______the parent.
A. identical to
B. different from
______What happens to the polar bodies produced during oogenesis?
A. they return to G1 and divide again
B. they go on to become eggs
C. the join to make a 2n zygote
D. they are destroyed
______The second division in meiosis is a mitosis division
A. with copying DNA first
B. without copying DNA first
______In humans, meiosis occurs in ______
A. all cells
B. nerve and muscle cells
C. cancer cells
D. ovary and testes cells
______Gametes produced in meiosis are ______each other
A. identical to
B. different from
______All of the following result in genetic recombination EXCEPT
A. segregation
B. independent assortment
C. synapsis
D. crossing over
______The process in which cells commit “cell suicide” by “self-digesting” is called
A. cell fractionation
B. apoptosis
C. plasmolysis
D. endocytosis
______Which organelle provides the energy to move the chromosomes during meiosis?
A. Golgi bodies
B. lysosomes
C. mitochondria
D. Rough ER
______The organelles involved with the cell committing “cell suicide” by “self
digesting are the ______?
A. Golgi bodies
B. lysosomes
C. mitochondria
D. Rough ER
______Somatic cells are ______
A. sperm or egg cells
B. haploid 1n cells
C. body cells like lung or liver cells
D. produced by meiosis
______At the end of prophase I of meiosis, sister chromatids are ______.
A. different
B. identical
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MATCH THE VOCAB WORD WITH ITS DEFINITION:
______Another name for a 2n cellA. TETRAD
B. DIPLOID
______The small cells produced when the cytoplasm C. GAMETE
divides unevenly during egg productionD. HAPLOID
E. POLAR BODIES
______A cell with only one copy of each chromosome
______Name for reproductive cells like sperm or eggs
______The group of 4 chromatid arms that forms when
homologous chromosomes pair up
NAME ______
HONORS BIOLOGY MEIOSIS TEST
TELL 3 WAYS MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS ARE DIFFERENT:
(You should have known I was going to ask this one!)
BONUS ?:
Explain why spermatogenesis makes FOUR sperm cells when it goes through meiosis but oogenesis makes only ONE egg?
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Koala bears have 16 chromosomes in their somatic cells. How many chromosomes would you expect to find in their gametes? EXPLAIN your answer.
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