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Advanced Biology Mitosis and Meiosis Review
1. Know all of the vocabulary terms (see notes)
2. What is the advantage of cell division and how is it related to the surface
area to volume ratio of the cell?
3. Describe prokaryotic cell division (binary fission).
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of both sexual and asexual
reproduction?
5. List each phase in the cell cycle. Know what occurs in the cell during
each of these phases. Know the relative amount of time that a cell
spends in each stage.
6. Identify the components of a cell related to mitosis: chromatid,
chromosome, centriole, spindle, nuclear membrane, etc.
7. Describe the events that occur in each of the phases of mitosis: early
prophase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Be able to
identify the phases from a diagram or picture.
8. What stage of mitosis is the longest? The shortest? Know the
proportion of time that a cell spends in each stage of mitosis. Be able to
calculate from data the time a cell spends in each phase (Time for
Mitosis Lab)
9. Understand the process of cytokenesis and how it differs in plants and
animals.
10.Know the structure of a chromosome. Know what chromatin is, what a
histone is, and what a nucleosome is.
11.What is the purpose of meiosis? In what types of cells does it occur?
Define and apply these terms: haploid, diploid, gamete, tetrad, and
homologous pair.
12.Understand exactly when the chromosome number is halved in meiosis?
Why is this reduction in chromosome number essential?
13.Understand how meiosis creates genetic variation (crossing over, random
fertilization, independent assortment of chromosomes)
14.If given an organism with a certain number of chromosomes be able to
identify how many chromosomes would be present in the daughter cells
after mitosis, in the sex cells after mitosis.
15.*Know what occurs in each of the phases of meiosis and how they differ
from the phases of mitosis. Be able to compare and contrast mitosis and
meiosis.
16.For the lab notebook test, know the structure of flowers and the structure
and different types of fruit. Be able to recognize cells in the various
stages of mitosis and meiosis and the differences between the two.
Given a field of view, be able to determine the proportion of cells in each
phase of mitosis.