Download HOMEWORK: PRACTICE FOR MEIOSIS QUIZ PERIOD: NAME

HOMEWORK:PRACTICEFORMEIOSISQUIZ PERIOD:
NAME:
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1. Foreachorganismbelow,pleasedrawadiagramthatshowsthegametesthatwillbeproduced
from1parentcell.(Besureyourdiagramincludeshowmanygametesareproducedandhow
manychromosomesarecarriedineachgamete.)
Human(chromosomenumber=23,diploid)
Kangaroos(chromosomenumber=8,diploid)
Therewillbe_______gametesproduced.Each
willhave_________setsofchromosomes.There
willbe_________chromosomesineachset.
Oats(chromosomenumber=7,hexaploid)
Tangerine(chromosomenumber=12,triploid)
2. PleasecircleTRUEorFALSEforeachstatementbelow:
Gametesalwayscarryexactly1copyofeachchromosome TRUEFALSE
Allgametesproducedfromthesameparentcellaregeneticallyidentical TRUEFALSE
Allcellsinyourbodygothroughmeiosis
TRUEFALSE
Ifmeiosisissuccessful,4gametesareproducedfrom1parentcell TRUEFALSE
3. Pleasewrite1-2sentencesexplaininghowtheprocessofmeiosishelpstomaintainaconstant
numberofchromosomesinaspecies,fromonegenerationtothenext.Besuretoincludethe
words:meiosis,sperm/eggcells,diploid,haploid,andfertilization.
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4. Whichofthefollowingfruitwouldproduceseeds?(CircleALLthatapply.)
a. Anormal,diploidwatermelonplant
b. Awatermelonplantthathasbeentreatedwithcolchicine
c. Awatermelonplantthatistheoffspringofanormalwatermelonplantandacolchicinetreatedwatermelonplant
d. Atriploidwatermelonplant
Explain:_______________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Duringwhichofthefollowingstepsofmeiosisarethereopportunitiestoincreasethegenetic
diversityofgametes?(CircleALLthatapply.)
a. Prophase1 b. Metaphase1 Explain:___________________________________________________________________
c. Anaphase1
d. Telophase1 _____________________________________________________________________________
e. Sphase
f. Cytokinesis _____________________________________________________________________________