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Meiosis Quiz
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Question 1
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What is the definition of a haploid cell?
Answer
It has double the amount of genetic information as a normal cell
It has half the amount of genetic information as a normal cell
It is half a cell
It is a heart cell
Question 2
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Name one site in an animal where meiosis occurs
Answer
testes
anther
pollen
ovules
Question 3
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What name is given to points of contact between adjacent chromatids during the first meiotic division?
Answer
chromosome complement
centromere
chiasmata
homologous
Question 4
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Are the products of the first meiotic division haploid or diploid?
Answer
haploid
diploid
Question 5
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Identify the two ways in which new combinations of existing alleles may arise during meiosis.
Answer
Crossing over
Speciation
Independent assortment
Homologous pairs
Question 6
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What is meiosis? (tick all that apply)
Answer
a type of cell division
produces a zygote
occurs only in plants
occurs only in gamete mother cells
results in variation
Question 7
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Gamete mother cells are haploid
Answer
True
False
Question 8
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Where does mitosis occur?
Answer
sex organs
body tissues
in root and shoot tips
in agar culture
Question 9
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What is the name of a fertilised sex cell?
Answer
a zygote
a polyploid
a cellulate
a gamete
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