Quiz 9: Cell Reproduction

Name: ____________________________________

1. Please circle one: Haploidy / Diploidy / Mitosis / Meiosis usually transfers exact copies of the genetic information of one cell to its two daughter cells

Answer: Mitosis

2. Please circle one: Mitosis / Meiosis / Cytokin is / Diploidy / offers some living organisms the ability to adapt to a changing environment.

Answer: Meiosis

3. Please fill in the blank: Budding produces two cells identical in genetic make-up but different in _________________________.

Answer: Size

4. Please circle one: Humans normally have 13 / 22 / 23 / 44 / 46 / 48 chromosomes.

Answer: 46

5. Please circle one: In Cytosis / Cytokinesis / Cytogenesis / Telophase cell membrane and cytoplasm divide to form two distinct cells.

Answer: Cytokinesis

6. Cells resulting from the process of mitosis are haploid. true / false

Answer: False (process of meiosis)

7. In fertilization, two gametes combine to reconstitute the necessary diploid content. true / false

Answer: True

8. Please circle one: During first division meiosis, _______________ chromosomes form pairs along the metaphase plate.

Answer: Homologous

9. Please circle one: In the process of _______________________________________, pieces of DNA are traded between adjacent homologous chromosomes.

Answer: crossing-over

10. Bonus question [1]: In two sentences, explain and defend the statement: “For one logical reason, and for one evolutionary reason, we have to say that, if meiosis had not existed, it would have had to be invented.”