3.4 Chromosomes and Inheritance

Mitosis involves this many divisions of the nucleus.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Meiosis involves this many divisions of the nucleus.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The division process that cells undergo to repair or replace damage or to reproduce exact copies is called 

• mitosis
• meiosis
• replication
• synthesis

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Each chromosome contains two identical

• chromatids
• nuclei
• daughter cells
• cycles

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In the first division of meiosis, the ___ pairs line up, then separate.

• chromosome
• nuclei
• centriole
• spindle fibers

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Body cells of humans have ___ PAIRS of chromosomes

• 46
• 23
• 24
• 12

After meiosis, sex cells have ___ number of chromosomes as body cells

• the same
• half of the 
• a quarter of the
• more than the

Genes are passed from parents to offspring on 

• DNA
• duplicated genes
• chromosomes
• little boats

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Chromosomes split into chromatids in the ____ division of meiosis

• first
• second
• third
• fourth

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A fertilized egg has ____ chromosomes as the body cells of a parent.

• more
• less
• 1/2
• the same number of 

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