Mitosis/Meiosis Test Review

In mitosis, the two resulting cells are

• different from the starting cell and identical to each other.
• different from the starting cell and different from each other.
• identical to the starting cell and different from each other.
• identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.

Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...

• 16 chromosomes.
• 46 chromosomes.
• 8 chromosomes.
• 4 chromosomes.

In which type of cells will mitosis occur?

• egg cells
• sperm cells
• jail cells
• Body cells except the sperm and egg cells

After meiosis is complete, the new cells:

• are all identical
• are all different
• are half identical and half different
• are all stretched out

How many daughter cells are produced from meiosis ?

• 10
• 6
• 4
• 2

The female sex cell is called

• zygote
• sperm
• fertilization
• egg

The male sex cell is called

• egg
• zygote
• sperm
• mitosis

Humans have how may chromosomes ?

• 112
• 46
• 8
• 67

Most of the cells in the human body are produced by

• mitosis
• meiosis

Why do we need meiosis?

• To double the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
• To halve the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
• To triple the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
• To not change the number of chromosomes going into sex cells