Name___________________________

Period______

Mitosis/MeiosisTest

Foreachstatementbelow,determinewhetheritisdescribing:
A.mitosis B.meiosis
C.both
D.neither

______1.Producesgametes

______2.Producesnewskincells

______4.Attheend,twodaughtercellsaremadethataregeneticallydifferentthantheparent
cell.

______5.Attheend,fourdaughtercellsareproducedthathavehalfthenumberof
chromosomesoftheparent.

______6.Tetradsareformed

______7.Attheend,fourdaughtercellsareproducedthatarei
dentical
totheparentcell.

8.Producesnewcellsin
a
sexualreproduction

______9.Homologouspairspartnerup.

______10.Replicatesonceanddividestwice

MultipleChoice:Choosetheonebestanswer.

_____11.Whichofthefollowingexplainswhyacell'ssizeislimited?
A.DNAincreasesasthecellgrows
B.surfaceareaincreasesfasterthanvolume
C.alargercelldoesnothaveenoughmembraneareatosupportitslargeDNA

D.allarecorrect

12.Theperiod(wherecellsspendmostoftheirtime)betweencelldivisionsiscalled?
A.interphase.
B.prophase.
C.G
phase
D.cytokinesis.
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13.Comparedtosmallcells,largecellshavemoretrouble:
A. Dividing
B.producingdaughtercells
C.Storingneededmaterialsandwasteproducts
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D.Movingneededmaterialsinandwasteproductsinandout

14.Anadvantageof
sexual
reproductionoverasexualreproductionisthatsexual
reproduction:
A. Takeslesstime
B.Requiresmoretime
C.Providesgeneticdiversity
D.Producesidenticaloffspring

15.Whichpairincludesaphaseofthecellcycleandacellularprocessthatoccursduring
thatphase?
A. G1phase,CellDivision
B.G2,chromosomedivision
C.Sphase,DNAreplication
D.Mphase,cellgrowth

_____16.Thestructurethatholdstogethersisterchromatidsiscalleda/an
A.spindlefibers
B.centrosome
C.centromereD.chromatin

_____17.Ifthetotalnumberofchromosomesinacellissix,thenafter
mitosis
therewillbe

A.threechromosomesinonedaughtercellandsixchromosomesintheothercell.
B.12chromosomesineachdaughtercell.
C.twochromosomesineachdaughtercell,onefromeachparent
D.sixchromosomesineachdaughtercell.
E.threechromosomesineachdaughtercell.

_____18.Ifthetotalnumberofchromosomesinacellissix,thenafter
meiosis
therewillbe
A.threechromosomesinonedaughtercellandsixchromosomesintheothercell.
B.12chromosomesineachdaughtercell.
C.sixchromosomesineachdaughtercell.
D.twochromosomesineachdaughtercell,onefromeachparent.
E.threechromosomesineachdaughtercell.

19.Whatistheroleofthespindlefibersduringmitosis?
a.Theyhelpseparatethechromosomes.

b.Theybreakdownthenuclearmembrane.
c.TheyduplicatetheDNA.
d.Theymakethechromosomesvisible.

20.Gameteshave
a.homologouschromosomes.

b.twicethenumberofchromosomesfoundinbodycells.
c.twosetsofchromosomes.

d.halfthenumberofchromosomesfoundinbodycells.

21.Chromosomesformtetradsduring

a.prophaseIofmeiosisI. b.metaphaseIofmeiosisI.

c.interphase.
d.anaphaseIIofmeiosisII.

_____22.HeusinkveltSeedlessGrapesare3n,whichmeanstheyareconsidered:
a. diploid
b. homozygous
c. tetraploid
d. triploid

Completion:
Writethewordorwordstocompleteeachstatementoranswereachquestion.Do
thebestyoucanonspelling!

23.______________________________Whatisapoptosis?

24.______________________________Aparentcellinmitosisdividesintowhat?

25.
__________
Theprocessofexchanginginformationbetween
chromosomestoincreasegeneticvariationiscalled?

26.
__
Whatphasedoestheprocessin#3takeplace?

27.Abodycellisalsocalleda__________________cellbecauseithastheappropriateamount
ofchromosomesfor(twoofeverykindofchromosome).

28.Asexcellisalsocalleda___________________cellbecauseithashalfofthenumberof
chromosomesinabodycell(justonechromosomefromeachpair).

2931.ListallthephasesinMitosisinorderstartingatInterphase(thereshouldbe6terms):

3239.PhasesofMeiosis.Namethephasethatisbeingdescribed.

ShortAnswerQuestions:

4044.Compareandcontrastmitosisandmeiosis.(Minimallythisshouldincludewhatthey
produce,differenceinphasesandcelldivisions)

4548.Describewhathomologouschromosomesareandthendrawhomologouschromosomes.
Beclearinyourdrawing!

4957.ThemaineventsofthecellcyclearelabeledA,B,C,andDinFigure103.Namethese
events.Then,brieflystate(5orlesswords)whathappensduringeachevent.

5864.DrawMetaphaseIandAnaphaseI(labelwhichphaseiswhich)labelingspindlefibers,
centrosomes,tetrad,andhomologouschromosomes.

6572.DrawMetaphaseIIandAnaphaseIIdescribehowthesephasesaredifferentthanthe
onesyoudrewabove.

7375.Whatiscancer?Whywouldwediefromcancerifleftuntreated?