Download Mitosis versus Meiosis Worksheet

Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________ Period: _____
MITOSIS versus MEIOSIS
Hint:
Mitosis happens in “my toes, nose and elbows!” (all body/somatic cells making
IDENTICAL cells to replace lost cells or grow)
Meiosis happens in “my ovaries!” (or testes in the case of males – it’s when you
make reproductive cells – egg or sperm)
MITOSIS
MEIOSIS
Kind of cell:
Location of cell:
Purpose of cell:
Number of divisions:
Number of cells produced:
Number of chromosomes
In resulting cells:
1. If the “parent cell” has 36 chromosomes (18 pairs), how many
chromosomes will the “daughter cells” have after mitosis? _________
After meiosis? ________
2. If the “parent cell” has 46 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will the
“daughter cells” have after mitosis? _________ After meiosis? ________
3. If the “parent cell” has 18 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will the
“daughter cells” have after mitosis? _________ After meiosis? ________
4. Where in an organism does mitosis take place?
5. Where in an organism does meiosis take place?
6. What types of cells are created by mitosis?
7. What types of cells are created by meiosis?
8. In females, meiosis results in what type of cell?
9. In males, meiosis results in what type of cells?
10. If n is the “haploid” number (half the number of original chromosomes),
what is 2n?
11. An organism has 20 pairs of chromosomes, that’s a total of 40
chromosomes. What is the organism’s haploid number? _______ Diploid
number? __________
12. An organism has a total of 32 chromosomes. What is the organism’s
haploid number? _______ Diploid number? __________
13. An organism’s diploid number is 46, what is it’s haploid number? _______
14. An organism’s haploid number is 10, what is it’s diploid number? _______
Below are a list of terms, fill in the Venn diagram by placing the terms under
the proper heading.
gamete
diploid result
reproduction
ovary
egg
haploid result
somatic
testes
sperm
zygote
growth
asexual
MITOSIS
chromosomes
fertilization
replacement
sexual
MEIOSIS
BOTH
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