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Meiosis Quiz
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1. If an organism’s diploid number is 12, its haploid
number is
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
12
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24
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2. In human cells, 2N = 46. How many chromosomes
would you expect to find in a human sperm cell?
A.  46
B.  23
C.  92
D.  It varies depending on the sperm
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3. In human cells, 2N = 46. How many chromosomes
would you expect to find in a human white blood cell?
A.  46
B.  23
C.  92
D.  It varies depending on the white blood cell
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4. The illustration below represents what stage of
meiosis?
A.  prophase I
B.  metaphase I
C.  telophase I
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5. Different forms of a gene are called
A.  hybrids
B.  dominant factors
C.  alleles
D.  recessive factors
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6. What is shown in the following diagram?
A.  independent assortment
B.  anaphase of meiosis I
C.  crossing over
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7. Chromosomes form tetrads during
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
hybrids
dominant factors
alleles
recessive factors
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6. What is shown in the following diagram?
A.  independent assortment
B.  anaphase of meiosis I
C.  crossing over
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7. Chromosomes form tetrads during
A.  prophase of meiosis I
B.  metaphase of meiosis I
C.  prophase of meiosis II
D.  metaphase of meiosis II
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8. During which phase of meiosis is the chromosome
number reduced?
A.  anaphase I
B.  metaphase I
C.  telophase I
D.  prophase II
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5/13/14 9. Alleles for the same trait are separated from each other
during the process of
A.  mitosis
B.  meiosis I
C.  meiosis II
D.  interphase
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