Meiosis Quiz

Autosomes

• Carry traits make you who you are AND determine that your gender
• Carry traits that make you who you are
• organisms that reproduce sexually (like humans)
• the actual fusion of egg and sperm to form a zygote

The scientific study of heredity

• Genetics
• Meiosis
• Gamete
• Haploid
• Crossing over

The process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell

• Fertilization
• Meiosis
• Gamete
• Haploid
• Crossing over

What structure is being separated during meiosis 2?

• Homologous chromosomes
• Sister chromatids
• Spindle fibers
• Centrioles

Below is a koala that has a diploid number of 16. What is the haploid number for a koala?

What type of cell is diploid, makes up the body, and is identical to all other cells that are like it that form after cell division?

• Somatic cell
• Gamete
• Sex cell
• Egg cell

How could you describe the cells that are produced at the end of meiosis? Select all that apply!

• Haploid
• 4 produced
• Genetically different
• Gamete
• Diploid

2 identical copies of the same chromosome

• Homologous Chromosomes
• Sister Chromatids
• Chromatin
• Centromere

Chromosome pairs that have the same types of genes, one from mom and one from dad

• Chromatin
• Karyotype
• Chromatid
• Homologous Chromosomes

15. Molecule 2 from the chart below would most likely be which type of molecule?

• a. DNA
• b. RNA
• c. a carbohydrate
• d. a protein