Meiosis Quiz
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- Q1A body cell of a chimpanzee contains 48 chromosomes. A gamete produced by a chimpanzee will contain how many chromosomes?36244896300sEditDelete
- Q2Which is true of meiosis?There is one division resulting in a haploid number of chromosomes.There are two divisions resulting in a diploid number of chromosomes.There is one division resulting in a diploid number of chromosomes.There are two divisions resulting in a haploid number of chromosomes.300sEditDelete
- Q3In humans which cell could be produced by meiotic cell division?a skin cella zygotea liver cellan egg cell300sEditDelete
- Q4Why is it necessary to reduce the number of chromosomes in the gametes by half during meiosis?because gametes do not live very longbecause they are half the size of regular cellsbecause they do not need as many chromosomes to survivebecause when they fuse during fertilization there will be the correct number of chromosomes in the offspring300sEditDelete
- Q5The process shown which occurs during Prophase I of meiosis is calledcrossing over.fertilization.independent assortment.nondisjunction.300sEditDelete
- Q6Which best describes the purpose of sexual reproduction?to produce offspring that are nonviableto produce offspring that are genetically identical to their parentsto produce offspring that are genetically identicalto produce offspring that exhibit greater genetic variations300sEditDelete
- Q7What are the results of cell division by meiosis?four genetically identical cellstwo genetically different cellsfour genetically different cellstwo genetically identical cells300sEditDelete
- Q8Which most accurately describes the phenomenon when homologous chromosomes wrap around each other during Prophase I of meiosis?independent assortmentnondisjunctionchromatin wrappingcrossing over300sEditDelete
- Q9Which process during meiosis causes the zygote to contain either too many or too few chromosomes?nondisjunctioncrossing overindependent assortmentsegregation300sEditDelete
- Q10Which process occurred resulting in the gametes shown?nondisjunctionmutationcrossing overDNA replication300sEditDelete
