Meiosis - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of the following produces identical nuclei in cells?

fertilization

osmosis

mitosis

pollution

2.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which statement best describes the importance of sexual reproduction?

sexual reproduction produces variation in offspring

sexual reprosuction provides regeneration of body parts

sexual reproduction occurs between individuals of the same species

sexual reproduction produces offspring that are identical

3.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of the following cell types is formed by meiosis?

skin cells

sperm cells

blood cells

muscle cells

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

This image shows chromosomes during Prophase 1. Which of the following correctly describes the process shown?

segregation of sister chromatids

condensation and segregation of alleles

mutationin which the DNA content of the gene is altered

crossing - over in which alleles are exchanged

5.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of the following statements correctly describes meiosis?

Meiosis does not occur in reproductive cells.

The cells produced at the end are identical

the cells produced at the end contain half the # of chromosomes

cells divide only once during meiosis

6.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What process is necessary for the inherited traits of an organism to be passed along by sexual reproduction?

meiosis

mutation

mitosis

fission

7.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is one advantage of sexual reproduction?

The offspring are identical to the parents

the offspring are resistant to viruses

the offspring are born live, instead of from eggs

The offspring inherit a wider variety of genetic information

8.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

This diagram shows which cellular process that occurs in organisms?

endocytosis

mitosis

meiosis

phagocytosis

9.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of the following sequences represents chromosome # during fertilization?

2n-> n + n

n + n -> 2n

n -> n

2n -> 2n

10.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

If an intestinal cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg cell would contain___________.

12 chromosomes

6 chromosomes

3 chromosomes

24 chromosomes

11.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Each body cell in an erthworm contains 36 chromosomes. HOw many chromosomes are in each of its gametes?

54

36

72

18

12.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of the following normally results from meiosis in a human cell that contains 46 chromosomes?

an egg cell with 46 chromosomes

a liver cell with 23 chromosomes

a sperm cell with 23 chromosomes

a blood cell with 46 chromosomes

13.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Based only on the sex chromosomes in a human egg and sperm cells at fertilization, the probability of producing a female is

25%

50%

75%

90%

14.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Meiosis is the key process in the production of_________.

body cells

RNA

white blood cells

gametes

15.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of the following best describes neiosis?

It happens in all tissues except the brain and spinal cord

It is the 1st stage of mitosis

It occurs only in cells in the reproductive structures of the organism

it is carried out in all tissues that require cell replacement

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which process and type of resulting cells are represented in the diagram?

meiosis, which produces body cells

mitosis, which produces body cells

meiosis, which produces body cells

meiosis, which produces gametes

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When an area of a chromatid is exchanged with the matching area on a chromatid of its homologous chromosome, ____ occurs.

mutagenesis

hybridization

crossing over

fertilization

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