CATEGORY 1
What is the process by which one parent cell divides to produce new cells?
CELL DIVISION
What is the type of cell division that produces reproductive cells called gametes?
MEIOSIS
What is the thread-like structure inside the nucleus that contains DNA, the genetic material of an organism?
CHROMOSOMES
What is a reproductive cell such as a sperm cell or an egg cell?
GAMETE
What carries hereditary information from one generation to another?
DNA
What is the exchange of chromosome segments between homologous chromosomes during meiosis?
CROSSING OVER
What is the type of cell division that occurs in body cells and produces two genetically identical daughter cells that contain the same chromosome number as the parent cell?
MITOSIS
What symbol means the cell is diploid?
2n