Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis

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Reproductive cells are _______.

• haploid

• gametes

• somatic

• identical

• diverse

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What process creates reproductive cells used in sexual production?

• meiosis

• mitosis

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

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Meiosis results in _____.

• 4 haploid daughter cells

• 2 diploid daughter cells

• 2 haploid daughter cells

• 4 diploid daughter cells

Meiosis is known as ___________ division.

• reduction

• addition

• division

• multiplying

Potatoes have a diploid number of 48. How many chromosomes do the gametes of a potato plant have?

• 96

• 48

• 24

• 12

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Which diagram correctly represents metaphase I of meiosis?

• A

• B

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During meiosis, nonsister chromatids of a homolgous pair exchange DNA. This is called _____________.

• crossing over

• trading places

• criss cross apple sauce

• breaking places

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Crossing over occurs during __________ of meiosis.

• Prophase I

• Metaphase II

• Anaphase I

• Telophase II

Tetrads can orient themselves in different ways during metaphase. The number of genetic combinations in the resulting gametes is 2ⁿ, where n is the haploid number of the cell. This is called ________________.

• independent assortment

• independent lineup

• independent ordering

• independent dependence

What is the effect of crossing over and independent assortment during meiosis?

• increased genetic diversity of gametes

• decreased genetic diversity of gametes

• increased number of daughter cells

• decreased number of daughter cells