Meiosis/Mitosis

Question 0

Mitosis

Answer 0

The process of how diploid cells divide

Question 1

Why must cells perform mitosis

Answer 1

To replace old and dying cells

Question 2

Diploid

Answer 2

Cells with the complete set of chromosomes for that species

Question 3

Total number of chromosomes humans have

Answer 3

46

Question 4

Number of pairs of chromosomes humans have

Answer 4

23

Question 5

What cells do during interphase

Answer 5

Perform their necessary functions

Question 6

The DNA of a cell is used to create

Answer 6

Proteins

Question 7

Red blood cells job

Answer 7

Carry oxygen

Question 8

Nerve cells job

Answer 8

Send messages to and from the brain

Question 9

Stomach cells job

Answer 9

Secrete enzymes to digest your food

Question 10

Chromatin

Answer 10

Loose strands of DNA

Question 11

What happens to DNA during the S stage

Answer 11

It duplicates-amount doubles

Question 12

Purpose of DNA condensing into chromosomes

Answer 12

Easier to move

Question 13

What happens to the nucleus during prophase

Answer 13

It dissolves

Question 14

Where do spindle fibers attach when they connect to the chromosomes

Answer 14

The centromere

Question 15

What happens to the chromosomes during metaphase

Answer 15

Pulled to the equator of the cell

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What are the 2 halves of chromosomes called

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Chromatids

Question 17

What happens to the chromosomes during anaphase

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The chromatids are pulled apart by the spindle fibers

Question 18

Cytokinesis

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Where the cytoplasm splits

Question 19

Chromatids are unwound into loose strands called

Answer 19

Chromatin

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What grows during telophase

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The nucleus

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What is created by mitosis

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Another diploid cell

Question 22

Somatic

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Non-sex cells that divide by mitosis

Question 23

3 examples of somatic cells

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Muscle cells
Nerve cells
Stomach cells

Question 24

2 cells not created by mitosis

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Sperm and egg cells

Question 25

Meiosis

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The process for making haploid cells

Question 26

Haploid

Answer 26

Cells that contain only half the number of chromosomes for that species

Question 27

Number of chromosomes human haploid cells possess

Answer 27

23

Question 28

Gamete

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Sex cells such as sperm/egg

Question 29

Another name for the egg cell

Answer 29

Ovum

Question 30

Diploid cells that go through meiosis

Answer 30

Germ cells

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Where are germ cells found in males? Females?

Answer 31

Testes, ovaries

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What happens to the nucleus in prophase 1

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It dissolves

Question 33

What happens to chromosomes during synapsis

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Matching chromosomes are pulled next to each other

Question 34

Tetra is a prefix that means

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Four

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A tetrad is made from

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4 chromatids

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What causes small portions of chromosome to break during crossing over

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Enzymes

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Why is crossing over important

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It recombined DNA into new traits-creates genetic diversity

Question 38

(Metaphase 1) Tetrad are pulled to the

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Equator

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What happens to tetrads during anaphase 1

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Spindle fibers pull them apart

Question 40

What re grows during telophase 1

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The nucleus

Question 41

What process divides the cell

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Cytokinesis

Question 42

What is the purpose of meiosis

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Reduce the amount of DNA in the gametes by half

Question 43

2 things that happen in prophase 2

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Spindle fibers are formed | Nuclei dissolves again

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Where do chromosomes end during metaphase 2

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The equator of each cell

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What happens to chromosomes during anaphase 2

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They get pulled apart by spindle fibers

Question 46

What process splits the 2 cells into 4 cells

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Cytokinesis

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What will regrow (telophase 2)

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The nucleus

Question 48

DNA uncoils/unwinds into strands called

Answer 48

Chromatin

Question 49

In which event are chromosomes paired with one another

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Synapsis

Question 50

The loose linear strands of DNA are known as

Answer 50

Chromatin

Question 51

Meiosis does NOT make

Answer 51

Diploid cells

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During which event will chunks of one chromosome break away and connect to another chromosome

Answer 52

Crossing over

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Which cell would be created by meiosis

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Ovum cell

Question 54

When does synapsis and crossing over happen during meiosis

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Prophase 1

Question 55

In relation to meiosis what are germ cells

Answer 55

Cells that undergo meiosis