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Unit 2: Cellular Reproduction
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February 9, 2010
Mitosis Homework
1. What is reproduction?
2. Why is DNA so important in cellular reproduction? How is DNA organized in cells?
3. What is the type of reproduction where the offspring/children are identical to the one parent?
4. Describe the other type of reproduction NOT in #3.
5. Mitosis is a form of ________________ reproduction, since each generation is identical to the last.
6. What is the overall purpose of mitosis? Why do organisms use it?
7. Mitosis happens in somatic cells. What is a somatic cell?
Answer the following questions.
9. How many chromosomes do somatic cells have normally?
a. 1N
b. 2N
c. 4N
d. 8N
10. How many chromosomes do somatic cells right before and during mitosis?
a. 1N
b. 2N
c. 4N
d. 8N
11. How many chromosomes do somatic cells at the end of mitosis?
a. 1N
b. 2N
c. 4N
d. 8N