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Mitosis & Meiosis
Form A
Vocabulary Matching + 1 point each = Points Earned __________
1. A term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes,
n.
a. haploid
b. diploid cell
c. asexual
d. sexual
2. Reproduction that requires only one parent to pass on identical genetic information; e.g., budding and fission.
a. haploid
b. diploid cell
c. asexual
d. sexual
3. Reproduction that requires two parents to pass on genetic information that mixes to create a unique individual.
a. haploid
b. diploid cell
c. asexual
d. sexual
4. A term used to refer to a cell that contains both sets of homologous chromosomes, 2n.
a. haploid
b. diploid cell
c. asexual
d. sexual
5. The division of one parent cell's nucleus into two identical daughter cell nuclei.
a. somatic cell b. gamete
c. mitosis
d. meiosis
6. The division of one parent cell into four daughter cells; reduces the number of chromosomes to one-half the normal
number; diploid to haploid cells.
a. somatic cell b. gamete
c. mitosis
d. meiosis
7. A male or female haploid sex cell that combines to form a diploid zygote during fertilization
a. somatic cell b. gamete
c. mitosis
d. meiosis
Knowledge Multiple Choice + 2 points each = Points Earned __________
11. Which of the following is a gamete?
8. Which statement below is correct about asexual
a. nerve cell
reproduction and sexual reproduction?
b. sperm cell
a. asexual reproduction and sexual
c. body cell
reproduction both involve one parent
d. skin cell
b. sexual reproduction involves making
12. What is the difference between a haploid cell
clones and asexual reproduction creates
and a diploid cell?
unique offspring
a. haploid cells have a full set of
c. asexual reproduction creates clones and
chromosomes (2n)
sexual reproduction creates unique
b. diploid cells have a half set of
offspring
chromosomes (n)
d. asexual reproduction involves making
c. haploid cells have a half set of
haploid cells that eventually combine
chromosomes (n)
9. How does meiosis create genetic diversity?
d. diploid cells have 3 of each
a. crossing over
chromosome (3n)
b. metaphase
13. What must all cells do before cell division?
c. telophase
a. shrink in size
d. fertilization
b. replicate the DNA
10. What is a reason cells undergo mitosis?
c. mate with another cell
a. growth of a multi cellular organism
d. mutate its DNA
b. repair of an injury to a multi cellular
organism
c. to reproduce asexually
d. all of the above
14. How are DNA and chromosomes related?
a. chromosomes are genes while DNA is
a genome
b. chromosomes are DNA that is coiled
up tightly
c. chromosomes are made when enzymes
read the DNA code
d. DNA is made of nucleotides while
chromosomes are made of amino acids
15. How many chromosomes are in human cells?
a. 46
c. 23
b. b. 36
d. 18
Analysis Multiple Choice + 3 points each = Points Earned __________
16. Which image below best represents mitotic cell
division?
a. Image 1
b. Image 2
c. Image 3
d. Image 4
17. Using the images below, what is the correct order
of cells undergoing mitosis?
a.
b.
c.
d.
ABCDE
CBDEA
CBEAD
BCEAD
18. If a tongue cell in an alligator has 18 chromosomes,
how many chromosomes will be found in its sperm
cells?
a. 72 b. 36
c. 18
d. 9
19. During meiosis, a process known as crossing over
occurs. Which statement below summarizes the results
of crossing over?
a. Genetic information is removed from both
chromosomes.
b. Homologous chromosomes make copies of
each other.
c. DNA winds up into chromosomes and genetic
information is deleted.
d. DNA is exchanged between
homologous chromosomes, resulting
in genetic variation.
20. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder
caused by non-disjunction in the cells of
humans. The resulting karyotype will have an
extra chromosome. This karyotype with an extra
chromosome occurs as a result of
a. An error in the process of cloning
b. An error in meiotic cell division
c. A gene mutation
d. Replication of a single chromosome during
mitosis
21. Mitosis is similar to what type of biotechnology?
a. genetic engineering
b. recombinant DNA
c. cloning
d. gel electrophoresis
22. In the below diagram, what most likely is process A?
A
Diploid Haploid
a. Fertilization
b. Mitosis
c. Meiosis
d. Replication
23. In the below diagram, what most likely is process C?
C
Diploid Diploid
a.
b.
c.
d.
Fertilization
Mitosis
Meiosis
Replication
Rewind your mind:
24. Which process allows scientists to cut DNA,
separate it by size, and compare the pieces to other
samples?
a. genetic engineering
b. gel electrophoresis
c. transgenic organisms
d. recombinant DNA
25. What organisms can carry out cellular respiration?
a. plants
b. bacteria
c. animals
d. all of the above
26. The diagram below represents a cell in water.
Molecules that can move freely across the membrane
are shown. Some molecules are located inside the cell
and others in the water outside the cell.
Based on the picture, what would happen after time?
A. The O2 molecules will increase inside the cell
B. The CO2 will remain the same inside the cell
C. The O2 will remain the same outside the cell
D. The CO2 will decrease outside the cell
27. Which of the following molecules are all made of
organic subunits?
a. sugar, oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose
b. water, lipid, salts, acid, base, DNA
c. carbohydrate, carbon dioxide, glucose, starch
d. protein, carbohydrate, nucleic acid, lipid
28. What are the complementary base pairs found in
RNA?
a. C:T & A:G
b. A:U & G:C
c. C:G & A:T
d. U:T & G:C
29. Which best represents a population?
a. All the fish in Lake Norman
b. All the red maple trees on Grandfather
Mountain
c. All the birds in Mecklenburg County
d. All the algae in Lake Wylie
30. Eliminating carbon dioxide and nitrogenous waste
from an organism is best illustrated by which life
function?
a. Excretion
b. Regulation
c. Nutrition
d. Respiration