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Meiosis

Quiz by Sarah Hopkins

Grade 9-12
Science
Next Generation Science Standards

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  • Q1
    sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait
    gene

    tetrad

    gamete

    centromere

    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q2
    unraveled and long DNA (during interphase)

    tetrad

    centromere

    chromosome

    chromatin
    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q3
    specialized cell involved in sexual reproduction (sperm or egg cells)
    gamete

    centriole

    diploid

    chloroplast

    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q4
    alternative form of a gene (one member of a pair) located at a specific position on a specific chromosome
    allele

    fission

    homologue

    tetrad

    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q5
    condensed, coiled, and shorted DNA (this occurs during mitosis and meiosis)

    chromatin

    spindle fiber

    mitochondria

    chromosome
    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q6
    chromosome pairs of approximately the same length, with genes for the same characteristics at corresponding places (one is inherited from the mother; the other from the father)

    heterologous chromosomes

    chromatic pair

    homologous chromosomes

    double chromosomes

    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q7
    Cells formed by mitosis or meiosis are called
    daughter cells

    pair cells

    son cells

    offspring cells

    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q8
    process by which two cells from different parent unite to produce the first cell of a new organism
    sexual reproduction

    asexual reproduction

    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q9
    the two identical halves of a single replicated eukaryotic chromosome that are joined at the centromere

    centrosomes

    spindle fibers

    tetrads

    chromatids
    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q10
    during which phase of meiosis does independent assortment happen (the random lining up of homologous chromosomes)?

    prophase I

    metaphase I

    metaphase II

    prophase II

    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q11
    The union of one sperm cell and one egg cell creates a...

    germ cell

    gamete

    zygote
    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q12

    How many sperm cells are produced during Spermatogenesis?

    3

    2

    1

    4

    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q13
    a type of cell division that results in four genetically different daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell

    splitosis

    mitosis

    interphase

    meiosis
    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q14
    process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis I
    crossing over

    splitting

    rearranging

    sharing

    300s
    HS-LS3-1
  • Q15
    term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes and therefore only a single set of genes

    tetroid

    haploid

    diploid

    loid

    300s
    HS-LS3-1

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