5.3 Meiosis

If the Diploid number of Carrots is 18, the haploid number is

• 18
• 9
• 27
• 36

Which of the following cell types is formed by meiosis?

• muscle cells
• skin cells
• sperm cells
• blood cells

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Is the following cell diploid or haploid?

• Diploid

• Haploid

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Is this karyotype for a male or female?

• MALE

• FEMALE

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A human usually has _____ amount of chromosomes.

• 6

• 22

• 4

• 46

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The cells produced via meiosis are called:

• sex cells
• somatic cells
• body cells
• skin cells

Meiosis makes sperm and egg cells. In humans, sperm and egg cells each have _____ chromosomes. Therefore a fertilized human egg cell (sperm and egg cell combined) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.

• 23, 46
• 46, 23
• 2, 4
• 50, 100

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If a somatic cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain

• 3
• 6
• 12
• 24

A male shark has 40 chromosomes in each of its sex cells. How many would be present in its body cells?

• 20
• 40
• 80
• 160

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What is another reason we need meiosis?

• So the offspring has genes from both parents
• So the offspring has genes from one parent
• So the offspring has genes from neither parents
• So the offspring makes its own genes

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