MEIOSIS TEST REVIEW
1. DEFINE DIPLOID AND HAPLOID.
2. LIST 4 TERMS THAT CAN BE USED IN PLACE OF EGG AND SPERM CELLS.
3. THE PRODUCTS OF MITOSIS ARE (2) GENETICALLY IDENTICAL DIPLOID CELLS. DESCRIBE THE PRODUCTS
OF MEIOSIS.
4. CIRCLE THE DIAGRAM THAT REPRESENTS MEIOSIS. BOX THE DIAGRAM THAT REPRESENTS MITOSIS.
5. HOW MANY CHROMOSOMES DOES A HUMAN SOMATIC CELL CONTAIN?
6. HOW MANY CHROMOSOMES DOES A HUMAN GAMETE CELL CONTAIN?
7. ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFERENCE IN METAPHASE, METAPHASE 1 AND METPHASE 2.
METAPHASE
METAPHASE 1
METAPHASE 2
8. DESCRIBE THE MAJOR EVENT THAT OCCURS IN MEIOSIS 1 (PROPHASE 1) THAT DOES
NOT OCCUR IN MITOSIS.
9. LIST 3 EVENTS THAT INCREASE GENETIC VARIATION AMONG OFFSPRING FROM SEXUAL
REPRODUCTION.
10. WHICH PROCESS PRODUCES SOMATIC CELLS? WHICH PROCESS PRODUCES GAMETES?
11. MUTATIONS OCCURING IN WHAT TYPE OF CELLS WOULD BE PASSED TO OFFSPRING?
12. DESCRIBE AND DRAW HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES.
13. DESCRIBE AND DRAW SISTER CHROMATIDS.
14. CUT OUT YOUR 2 PAIRS OF HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES. WITH AT LEAST 2
PARTNERS, CARRY OUT THE STAGES OF MITOSIS, MEIOSIS I, AND MEIOSIS II. INCLUDE
AT LEAST 1 CROSSING OVER EVENT BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF HOMOLOGUES. CARRY
OUT MEIOSIS I ATLEAST 3 TIMES DEMONSTRATING HOW INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT
COULD RESULT IN VARIED PRODUCT GAMETES.
a. YOUR CELLS DIPLOID # _________
YOUR CELLS HAPLOID # _________