Solved by a verified expert:Review: Meiosis

Name
______________________________

1. What type of cell undergoes meiosis? Gamete cells or
Somatic cells

2. What are
homologous chromosomes?

3. For each of the following state if the
cell is haploid or diploid.
Sperm cell = Liver
cell = Egg
cell = Stomach
cell =

4. If the diploid number in a liver cell is 52, how
many chromosomes are there in the egg of this organism? _________

5. During
meiosis, the chromosome number:
a) is doubled b)
is reduced c)
remains the same d)
becomes diploid

6. Cells starting mitosis & meiosis begin with a
(haploid or diploid) set of chromosomes.

7. How many times do cells divide during meiosis?
_______

8. What are the stages of meiosis called?
Meiosis I: _________________,
_____________________, _________________, ____________________/cytokinesis

Meiosis II: _________________,
_____________________, _________________, ____________________/cytokinesis

9. Draw a tetrad:
What phase do you first see this in?

Figure 2

10. Which of the
following best describe the term “crossing over”?
a.)
An
exchange of information between two homologous chromosomes
b.)
A
molecular interaction between two sister chromatids
c.)
A
molecular interaction between two non-sister chromatids
d.)
A
separation of two sister chromatids

11. Crossing-over can be found in the stage
of
a.)
Prophase
I b) Prophase II
c) Anaphase I
d) Anaphase II

12. Which letter in figure #2 represents meiosis? Why?

13. Which letter in figure #2 represents mitosis? Why?

14. Is DNA copied before Meiosis II? _______

15. How many cells form at the end of Meiosis II and
how many chromosomes do they contain? _____________, _____________

16.A
sperm cell is a (gamete, zygote), and is (haploid, diploid).

17.When
a sperm cell and an ovum/egg merge, they undergo the process of fertilization,
and give rise to a (gamete, zygote), which is (haploid, diploid).

18. What is the ultimate goal/purpose of mitosis? What
term do we use to describe the new cells?

19.. What is the difference between chromosomes,
chromatids?

20. How are DNA and chromosomes related?

21. What is the difference between a haploid, diploid,
and zygote?
Haploid:
Diploid:
Zygote:

22. How does Meiosis differ from Mitosis?

23. What does Meiosis create? Haploids or Diploid?
Somatic cells or gametes?

24. What is a gamete? How do we represent the
chromosome number: 2n or n?

25. What is crossing over? When does it happen? Draw a
picture if it helps.