Biology
Mitosis & Meiosis Study Guide (Ch. 10 & 11.4)
Exam Date: Period 2- Fri, 3/13/2015
Period 3- Thurs, 3/12/2015
Use your notes, textbook, worksheets, labs, and quizzes to aid in your studying.
Know the definitions and be able to provide examples, if applicable, for the following key terms:
- cell division
- centriole
- tumor
- asexual reproduction
- spindle
- metastasis
- sexual reproduction
- metaphase
- homologous
- chromosome
- anaphase
chromosomes
- chromatin
- telophase
- diploid
- cell cycle
- cytokinesis
- haploid
- interphase
- cleavage furrow
- meiosis
- mitosis
- cell plate
- tetrad
- cytokinesis
- cyclin
- crossing-over
- prophase
- growth factor
- zygote
- centromere
- apoptosis
- fertilization
- sister chromatid
- cancer
- genetic recombination
You will be asked to do the following:
- Be able to identify the 5 reasons why cells must divide
- Be able to describe what occurs in the 3 steps of interphase= G1, S, G2
- Be able to draw or label the stages of mitosis & explain the events that occur
- Be able to compare cytokinesis between animal & plant cells
- Be able to define the number of chromosomes a human cell has
- Be able to draw or label the stages of meiosis I and meiosis II & explain the events that occur
- Be able to compare the stages of mitosis & meiosis
- Be able to describe the following general differences between stages of mitosis & meiosis:
o Location
o Time
o Number of chromosomes it results in
o Pairing of homologous pairs
o Resulting genetic make-up
o Number of nuclear divisions
o Number of daughter cells produced
o Presence of crossing over
- Be able to explain that there is no interphase between meiosis I and meiosis II
::SEE DIAGRAMS ON SUBSEQUENT PAGES::
MITOSIS:
MEIOSIS:
Cycle of cell division:
Mitosis vs Meiosis: