Mitosis & Meiosis
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remaining choices.
1.
Which of the following sex chromosomes do most human females and males have?
a. XX, XY
c. XX, XX
b. XY, XY
d. XN, YY
2.
The division of the cytoplasm during cell division is referred as?
a. Cytoplasm splicing
c. Cytokenesis
b. Vegetation growth
d. Cytodivision
3.
The two exact copies of DNA that make up each chromosome are called
a. Homologous chromosomes
c. Chromatids
b. Centromeres
d. Autsomes
4.
How many daughter cells are produce during mitosis?
a. 0
c. 2
b. 1
d. 4
5.
When a cell contains two sets of chromosomes, it is said to be
a. Haploid
c. Diploid
b. Binary
d. Saturated
6.
When a cell contains one set of chromosomes, it is said to be
a. Haploid
c. Diploid
b. Homologous
d. Separated
7.
The _________ marks the break in the cell cycle between the end of mitosis and beginning
of the DNA synthesis stage
a. Mitotic phase
c. Gap 1 phase
b. Synthesis phase
d. Gap 2 phase
8.
Meiosis is a cell division in
a. Bacterial cell division
b. In prokaryotes that produce gametes
9
Mitosis results in:
a. Daughter cells with twice as much
genetic material as the parent cell and
a unique collection of alleles
b. Eight daughter cells
10 The X and Y chromosomes are known as
a. Sex chromosomes
b. Autosomes
c.
d.
In eukaryotes that produce gametes
In eukaryotes that produces somatic cells
c.
Daughter cells with the same number and
composition of chromosomes
d.
Gametes
c.
d.
Gametes
Sex genes
11 You have 46 chromosomes. How many did you inherited from your father?
a. 0
c. 46
b. 23
d. 92
12 After normal mitotic division, how many chromosomes does each offspring cell contain, as
compared to the parent cell?
a. The same number
c. Twice as many
b. Half as many
d. Four times as many
13 Sexual reproduction in animals involves zygotes. Which statement is true of zygotes?
a. A zygote is a fertilized egg
c. A zygote is produced only by males
b. A zygotes is part of the mesoderm
d. A zygote produces haploid sperm cells
14 Fertilization is accomplished when
a. A sperm touches the egg cell membrane
b. The egg and sperm nuclei unite
c.
d.
Sperms are released
Pollen reaches a flower
15 The correct sequence of events that occur in mitosis is
a. Metaphase, prophase, anaphase, telophase c. Telophase, anaphase, metaphase, prophase
b. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase d. Prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase
16 An organism that is the result of asexual reproduction
a. Has two parents organisms
c. Is the result of the joining of gametes
b. Has only one parent organism
d. Cannot itself reproduce
17 What is one advantage of sexual reproduction?
a. Sexual reproduction allows organisms to reproduce through binary fission
b. Sexual reproduction ensures organisms will be genetically identical to their
parents
c. Sexual reproduction produces genetic variation in a population
d. Sexual reproduction endures that most of the genetic variation in a population is a
result of gene mutations