Mitosis & Meiosis
What is the main purpose of mitosis?
A. Produce gametes
B. Create genetic variation
C. Growth and repair
D. Reduce chromosome number
C. Growth and repair
What are the steps to solving a punnett square?
1. Determine Parent Genotypes
2. Set Up the Punnett Square
3. Fill the Square
4. Read/ Answer the question
In Mitosis , how does a daughter cell compare with its parent?
A daughter cell and parent cell are the exact same
(Asexual Reproduction)
What type of wave requires a medium to travel?
A. Electromagnetic wave
B. Mechanical wave
C. Light wave
D. Radio wave
B. Mechanical wave
(disturbances that transfer energy through matter (a medium)—such as solids, liquids, or gases—by causing particles to oscillate around a fixed point )
4. For much of its history, Mississippi was covered by an inland sea. Which evidence would best support this geologic claim?
fossils of land organisms located in surface rock layers and fossils of marine organisms located in several layers beneath those surface layers
How many daughter cells are produced in mitosis?
2
What is the purpose of a punnett square?
to predict the potential offspring genotypes and phenotypes (traits) from a cross between two parents
What is true about cells produced by mitosis?
Genetically identical
Which part of a wave is the highest point?
A. Trough
B. Crest
C. Wavelength
D. Frequency
B. Crest
10. Students were asked to relate the rock cycle to dinosaur fossil formation. Which flowchart best represents the process that formed the dinosaur fossils in Mississippi?
Dinosaur remains are deposited in sediments. THEN ----> Compaction and cementation of sedimentary rock occurs.
Which process reduces chromosome number by half?
A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis
C. Binary fission
D. Budding
B. Meiosis
If a plant had this genotype what would be its phenotype? Bb B = Blue flowers b = Purple flowers
Blue flowers
What is true about cells produced by meiosis?
Genetically different
What does frequency measure?
A. Wave height
B. Distance between crests
C. Number of waves per second
D. Speed of wave
C. Number of waves per second
Which layer of Earth is responsible for plate movement due to convection currents?
A. Crust
B. Mantle
C. Outer core
D. Inner core
B. Mantle
What type of cells are produced by meiosis?
A. Body cells
B. Skin cells
C. Gametes
D. Muscle cells
C. Gametes
If “B” represents brown eyes and “b” represents blue eyes, which genotype is homozygous recessive?
A. BB
B. Bb
C. bB
D. bb
D. bb
Why is asexual reproduction common in bacteria?
It allows rapid reproduction
Which wave has the highest energy?
A. Low frequency wave
B. High frequency wave
C. Long wavelength wave
D. Slow wave
B. High frequency wave
4. In sexual reproduction, what is formed when sperm and egg combine?
Zygote
Why is meiosis important?
A. Repairs tissues
B. Produces identical cells
C. Creates genetic diversity
D. Increases chromosome number
C. Creates genetic diversity
Bb×Bb
6. What percentage of offspring are expected to have the recessive trait?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100%
A. 25%
Which structure produces eggs in females?
Ovary
Which property increases when energy increases in a wave?
A. Frequency only
B. Amplitude
C. Wavelength only
D. Speed only
B. Amplitude
A student observes waves in a rope. When frequency increases, wavelength:
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Stays the same
D. Disappears
B. Decreases