Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School
Biology 9
Meiosis Test Review
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How is DNA packaged into chromosomes?
What is the difference between diploid and haploid?
What causes Down syndrome and Edward syndrome?
What is the purpose of sexual reproduction?
What is the purpose of asexual reproduction?
What is the purpose of meiosis?
How does cytokinesis occur in plant cells?
Mitosis requires _________________ to make _______________.
Meiosis requires _________________ to make _______________.
What types of cells undergo mitosis?
What types of cells undergo meiosis?
What is a gamete?
Sexual reproduction involves ____________ and requires _____________.
Asexual reproduction involves ____________ and requires _____________.
What is the name of the male gamete?
What is the name of the female gamete?
What is a tetrad?
What is crossing over?
When during meiosis does crossing over take place?
Which parts of meiosis are diploid and which are haploid?
What is a histone?
What type of cell is made by meiosis?
What is a centromere?
For questions 24-28, use the figure below.
24. Which letter best represents a cell that is haploid?
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Which letter best represents tetrads lining up in the middle of the cell?
Which letter best represents the phase in which meiosis II begins?
Which letter best represents a gamete?
Which letter best represents the diploid parent cell?
Does crossing over take place in mitosis?
Where does crossing over take place?
What is the difference between chromatin, chromosome, and chromatid?
How many daughter cells are produced by mitosis?
How many daughter cells are produced by meiosis?
The DNA within a cell is usually in the form of _____________.
Are homologous chromosomes identical?
How many chromosomes do sperm and egg cells have?
Why must gametes be haploid?
What is an example of asexual reproduction?
What is polyploidy?
What is nondisjunction?