Mitosis/Meiosis Jeopardy

Mitosis

100

The process that results in new cells with genetic material that is identical to the original cell

What is mitosis

200

The number of phases in mitosis.

What is four?

300

A pneumonic device you can use to remember the phases

what is PMAT (Polly's Mom Ate Tacos)?

400

The place in the body where Mitosis Takes Place

All body cells' nucleus

500

The purpose of mitosis

What is the replacement of damaged cells or growth?

Meiosis

100

The process by which the chromosome number is halved.

What is meiosis?

200

The number of daughter cells produced through meiosis.

What is four?

300

The process in meiosis that ensures more genetic variation

What is crossing over?

400

The joining of egg and sperm cells?

What is fertilization?

500

Name of the rest period between the phases

What is Cytokinesis?

Miscellaneous

100

Name for two exact type of cells in Mitosis

What are daughter (diploid) cells?

200

Order from smallest to largest:

DNA, chromosome, nucleus,cell, gene

Gene, DNA, chromosome, nucleus cell

300

 DNA stands for

what is Deoxyribonucleic acid

400

Number of chromosomes in human body cell

What is 46?

500

Name the term for normal body cells.

What are somatic cells?

Pedigree

100

Male shape (when drawing)

What is a square?

200

Female shape while drawing a pedigree

What is circle?

300

Multiple generations are represented by .

What are Roman Numerals?

400

Define pedigree

what is a tool geneticists use to map out the inheritance of traits

500

Shows that members are expressing the trait

What is the shape is shaded

Mitosis or meiosis

100

One division of the nucleus

What is mitosis?

200

Four daughter cells produced:

What is meoisis 

300

Results in growth and repair.

What is Mitosis

400

Forms sperm and egg cells

What is meiosis

500

Involves "crossing over"

What is meiosis?