Mitosis/Meiosis Jeopardy!

Which of the following cells would be diploid?

a) Sperm cell

b) Egg cell

c) Both

d) Neither

Homologous chromosomes line up at the middle of the cell. Which

phase is this?

a) Metaphase I

b) Metaphase II

c) Anaphase I

d) Anaphase II

A haploid cell is…

a) A cell that has one of each type of chromosome

b) A cell that has two of each type of chromosome

c) A cell with 46 chromosomes

d) A cell with double the amount of chromosomes

Name this phase…

a) Prophase I

b) Metaphase II

c) Anaphase I

d) Anaphase II

An egg and a sperm come together to form a zygote.

What is this process called?

*Write it!

Fertilization!!

What phase does the formation of a tetrad and crossing over occur

in?

a) Prophase I

b) Prophase II

c) Metaphase I

d) Anaphase II

Which process would a cell undergo to form a

gamete?

a) Mitosis

b) Meiosis

c) Fertilization

d) Cell differentiation

Which of the following is pointing to homologous

chromosomes?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

Which of the following occurs in Meiosis but NOT in Mitosis?

a) Chromosomes line up a the equator of the cell

b) Sister chromatids are pulled apart at the centromere

c) Synapsis occurs

d) New cells are created

Which of the following is true of Mitosis?

a) 4 genetically identical daughter cells are created

b) Cells containing a haploid number of cells are created

c) 2 genetically identical daughter cells are created

d) 4 genetically different daughter cells are created

During which of the following parts of interphase does DNA

get replicated?

a) G1

b) S

c) G2

d) Mitosis

What is cellular division called in unicellular organisms like

bacteria?

Binary fission!!

If a liver cell of a monkey contains 48 chromosomes, how many

chromosomes would be found in the sperm of that monkey?

a) 48

b) 33

c) 24

d) 96

During which phase of meiosis does the nuclear membrane

reform around chromosomes?

a) interphase

b) Prophase I

c) Metaphase II

d) Anaphase I

e) Telophase II

Metaphase of meiosis I and meiosis II differ in that…

a) Chromosomes line up at the equator

b) Homologous chromosomes line up in meiosis I and duplicated chromosomes line up in meiosis II

c) Sister chromatids line up in meiosis I and chromosomes line up in meiosis II

d) There are the same number of chromosomes

A human cell containing 44 autosomes (non-sex

chromosomes) and 2 X chromosomes is…

a) A somatic cell of a male

b) A zygote

c) A somatic cell of a female

d) A sperm cell

e) An ovum

A fertilized egg (zygote) of a human contains how many

chromosomes?

a) 1

b) 22

c) 46

d) 23

e) 48

A _________ is the complete set of chromosomes of an organism,

arranged and displayed in pairs and ordered by size.

a) Genome

b) Karyotype

c) Nucleus

d) Heredity

e) gene

Which 2 cells would be more genetically similar to each

other?

a) Two gametes produced by the same person

b) Two somatic cells produced by the same person

c) Two eggs produced by the same woman

d) Two sperm produced by the same man

Double points! What is this pointing to and what phase of

the cell cycle is this? Write them both!

Chromatin and interphase!!

What is the sex of this baby?

Write it!

Girl!

Which of the following produces 4 genetically

IDENTICAL cells?

a) Mitosis

b) Meiosis

c) Both

d) Neither

Which of the following would contain n number of

chromosomes?

a) Sperm cell

b) Egg cell

c) Gamete

d) All of the above

Which category of cancer is found in your muscles and

bones?

a) Carcinoma

b) Sarcoma

c) Leukemia

d) Lymphoma

Which of the following is NOT a carcinogen?

a) Pesticides

b) UV light

c) Tobacco

d) None of the above

Asexually reproducing organisms produce offspring that are genetically

identical to each other and to the parents. What type of cell division do

you think they use?

a) Mitosis

b) Meiosis

c) Metastasis

d) Fertilization

If a diploid organism has a genome consisting of 22

chromosomes, its gametes will have _____ chromosomes

a) 44

b) 11

c) 22

d) 88

What is the following pointing to?

a) Chromosome

b) Centriole

c) Centromere

d) Chromatid

If a diploid cell starts with 22 chromosomes in interphase and then

undergoes meiosis, how many chromosomes will be in each of the 4

new cells?

11!

*Write it!

In what phase of meiosis do homologous chromosomes get

pulled apart?

Anaphase I !!

Draw a cell in Metaphase 1 that has a diploid number of 6