Reading Guide for Essay
Name
Date
Meiosis: The Mechanism behind Patterns of Inheritance
Period
p. 498
Directions: Read the essay and answer each question in the space provided beneath it. In the box on the right
column, draw a diagram (do not copy from the textbook) to show your understanding of your answer.
Question and Answer Space
Diagram to show your understanding
1. What is meiosis? State in your own words. Not the book-given
words!
2. Explain what the human diploid condition is, or what it means.
(i.e., what does it mean for a cell to be diploid?)
3. What does the phrase “gametes are haploid” mean?
Show a gamete and a skin cell side by side, highlighting their
difference in chromosome number.
4. How does fertilization restore the diploid number of
chromosomes in human cells?
5. Refer to your Meiosis Notes (in journal). In simpler terms,
give the following information:
Draw the answers accordingly:
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Who?
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Where?
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When?
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Why?
- Who does meiosis?
- Where does meiosis take place?
- When does meiosis take place?
- Why does meiosis take place?
Summarize the process of meiosis, in your own words, here:
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