Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis

__________ is important for growth and repair or replacement of damaged tissue.

• Meiosis

• Reproduction

• Mitosis

• Division

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Meiosis forms sex cells used for sexual __________________.

• Contact

• Division

• Sprouting

• Reproduction

Meiosis happens in the reproductive organs of ______________ organisms.

• Unicellular

• Mitotic

• Multicellular

• Genetic

The main advantage of sexual reproduction is that offspring inherit half their ________ from each parent.

• Color

• Possessions

• Money

• DNA

Meiosis helps to maintain diploid cells in ___________ by making haploid sex cells.

• Haploid

• Veins

• Offspring

• Genes

In ______________, homologous chromosome pairs line up along the middle of a cell.

• Metaphase I

• Telophase I

• Anaphase I

• Prophase I

In ________________, chromosome pairs separate and are pulled toward opposite ends of the cell.

• Telophase I

• Metaphase I

• Anaphase I

• Prophase I

In _____________, the membrane surrounding the nucleus breaks apart, and the nucleus disappears.

• Telophase I

• Prophase I

• Metaphase I

• Anaphase I

In ________________, a nuclear membrane forms around each group of duplicated chromosomes.

• Telophase I

• Metaphase I

• Anaphase I

• Prophase I

Meiosis occurs only during the formation of _______ cells.

• Blood

• Skin

• Sex

• Brain