STUDY GUIDE: MITOSIS, MEIOSIS, REPRODUCTION
NAME:
VOCAB: 1. Asexual reproduction
2. Sexual reproduction 3. Budding
4.
Regeneration
5. Runners 6. Cuttings 7. Fission 8. Cloning
9. Monotreme
10. Marsupial
11. Placental
12. Meiosis 13. Homologous
chromosomes
14. Cell cycle
15. Mitosis
16. Chromosome 17.
Cytokinesis 18. Internal fertilization 19. External fertilization
QUESTIONS:
1. What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?
2. TRUE or FALSE: in most cases, in asexual reproduction, the offspring are identical to
the parent.
3. Describe how the following types of reproduction work. Draw a picture of it
a. Budding
b. regeneration c. runners d. cuttings
4. What is fission? What kind of cells do fission?
5. Describe the following types of mammal and give an example of each type:
a. Monotreme b. marsupial
c. placental
6. Draw the FULL CELL CYCLE. Label each step and describe what is going on
7. Draw a diagram of MITOSIS. Label each step and describe what is going on
8. Draw a diagram of meiosis. Label each step an describe what is going on
9. TRUE or FALSE: the daughter cells in mitosis are exactly identical to the parent cell
10.
TRUE or FALSE: the daughter cells in meiosis are exactly identical to the
parent cell
11.
List 3 similarities and 3 differences between mitosis and meiosis
12.
Why is it OK that the meiosis daughter cells only have half of the needed
chromosomes?
13.
TRUE or FALSE: mitosis and meiosis are examples of asexual reproduction.
14.
TRUE or FALSE: the cells actually split apart during mitosis
15.
Identify the following phases of meiosis: