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Meiosis
Mitosis
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His or Hers
100
Process by which the cell cytoplasm divides.
What is Cytokinesis?
100
Meiosis occurs to produce _________.
What are Gametes?
100
A form of nuclear division that divides a diploid cell into haploid cells.
What is Meiosis?
100
The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism?
What is the cell?
100
What are the differences in the results of the cells in Mitosis and Meiosis?
What is mitosis results in diploid cells, and Meiosis results in haploid cells?
100
The sperm has _________ as many chromosomes as a skin cell at the end of meiosis
a. the same
b. half
What is half?
200
Two separate chromosomes; one from your mother, one from your father.
What are Homologous Chromosomes?
200
In Mitosis, both parent and daughter cells are _______.
What are Diploid Cells?
200
How many rounds of cell division does Meiosis involve?
What is 2?
200
List the Stages of mitosis in order
Prophase - Metaphase - Anaphase - Telophase
200
What do Mitosis and Meiosis both produce?
What are cells
200
The stage in which chromosomes replicate themselves
What is interphase
300
Region of condensed chromosome that looks pinched.
What is the Centromere?
300
One half of a duplicated chromosome is a __________.
What is a chromatid?
300
In humans, how many chromosomes does each new cell end up having when meiosis is complete?
What is 23?
300
How many genetically identical daughter cells does Mitosis produce?
2 daughter cells
300
These structures become tightly packed during cell division. They contain DNA
a. centromeres
b. spindle fibers
c. chromosomes
What is c. chromosomes
300
The cell elongates, and the chromosomes move toward the poles during this stage.
What is anaphase
400
The duplicated chromosomes that remain attached (by the centromere).
What are Sister Chromatids?
400
In the ________ (Mitosis), a complete set of identical chromosomes is positioned at each pole of the cell.
What is telophase?
400
When are homologous chromosomes divided? During meiosis I or meiosis II?
What is meiosis I?
400
How is Interphase connected to Mitosis?
What is it prepares the cell to divide and provides time for the duplication of organelles and for DNA replication.
400
In humans, how many chromosomes does each new cell end up having when mitosis is complete?
What are 23 pairs or 46 individual chromosomes?
400
Which statement refers to meiosis but NOT mitosis?
a. it creates two diploid cells
b. it has one stage of division
c. it creates genetic diversity
What is c. it creates genetic diversity?
500
Muscle cells are somatic cells that undergo mitosis. Are muscle cells genetically identical or different from one another due to mitosis? Why is this significant?
What is genetically identical?
500
Which is NOT true of meiosis?
a. meiosis ends with four haploid cells
b. the genetic offspring are identical to the parent
c. meiosis goes through 2 divisions
What is b. the genetic osspring are identical to the parent?
500
Which phase is being represented in the image below?
What is prophase I?
500
What process is being shown that creates genetic variations in meiosis?
What is crossing over?
500
Haploid cells mean what
What is half the amount of genetic information, chromosomes not in pairs
500
Give two differences and two similarities between mitosis and meiosis
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