Cell Divison, Mitosis, Meisos

Question 1

What is the name of the type of cell division seen in body cells?

Answer 1

Mitosis

Question 2

What first happens to the genetic material (DNA) when a body cell divides?

Answer 2

It is copied

Question 3

How many times does a body cell divide?

Answer 3

Once

Question 4

How does the genetic information of a new cell, produced by a body cell dividing, compare with the original cell?

Answer 4

They are identical

Question 5

What is another name for ‘sex cells’?

Answer 5

Gametes

Question 6

What is the name of the type of cell division that produces gametes?

Answer 6

Meisos

Question 7

What type of cell division happens once and egg has been fertilised?

Answer 7

Mitosis

Question 8

Why do body cells divide?

Answer 8

Growth and repair

Question 9

Where do human stem cells come from?

Answer 9

Embryos and adult bone marrow

Question 10

What can human stem cells have the ability to do?

Answer 10

Develop into any type of human cell

Question 11

How many pairs of chromosomes are there’s in a human body cell?

Answer 11

23 pairs or 46