Name: _________________________ Date: ______________ Block: ________

Meiosis Foldable Activity

Procedures:
1. Read Chapter 11 Section 4 in your textbook.

2. Fold your paper, as shown below. (hot dog style)

3. On the FRONT of the paper write the name of the phase, as shown below.

4. On the inside, DRAW what happens during each phase. LABEL your diagram using the

VOCABULARY provided (use each word at least once).

5. Write a brief summary of what is happening during each phase.

6. Answer the questions and complete the table on the back of this sheet.

7. Once you are confident about each phase of meiosis and what is occurring, come up to your

teacher to “Check Out”. ________________ (teachers initials).

Outside of Foldable:
Vocabulary

Metaphase
 Meiosis I
Prophase Anaphase Telophase
1 and II 1 and II
1 and II and  Diploid (46 chromosomes)
Cytokinesis
 Centrioles
1 and II
 Crossing over

 Nuclear envelope
Inside of Foldable:
 Homologous chromosomes
Prophase I Metaphase I Anaphase I Telophase &
 Tetrad
Cytokinesis I

 Spindle Fibers

 Meiosis II

Prophase II Metaphase
 Haploid (23 chromosomes)
Anaphase Telophase &
II II Cytokinesis II
 Sister chromatid

 Centromere

 Gamete
Answer the following Questions:
1. What is the total number of chromosomes present in the human cell before
meiosis? _____
2. At the end of meiosis I how many cells are there? _______ How many
chromosomes are present in each cell? ________
3. How is meiosis I different from mitosis? _______________________________
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4. At the end of meiosis II how many cells are there? _______ How many
chromosomes are present in each cell? ________
5. Why is this chromosome number important? _____________________________
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8. What type of cell is formed during meiosis? ______________________
9. Describe the difference in number of chromosomes and process used to make the
cell (mitosis or meiosis) between liver and sperm. ________________________
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10. How does meiosis differ in males and females (page 278). Draw a diagram to
explain your answer.
Diagram:
Female Male

Comparing mitosis to meiosis

Check the appropriate event(s) for each of the following statements

Mitosis Meiosis
________ Reproduction in autosome (somatic) cells _________
________ Reproduction in sex (gametic) cells _________
________ Results in haploid number _________
________ Results in diploid number _________
________ One division for completion _________
________ Two divisions for completion _________
________ Produces gametes _________
________ Tetrads form _________
________ DNA Replicates _________
________ Homologous chromosomes line up _________
________ Reduction division _________
________ Final product is identical daughter cells _________