Mitosis & Meiosis 1. Completetheconceptmapcomparingmitosisandmeiosis.Usethefollowingterms,each

termcanbeusedoneormoretimes:diploidcell,onecelldivision,fourhaploidcells,parentcell,twocelldivisions,bodycell,same,chromosomes,gamete-producingcell,half,twodiploidcells

2. Describe2partsofmeiosisthataresimilartomitosis.

3. Identifywhethereachprocessbelowoccursduringmitosis,meiosis,orboth.

a. Sisterchromatidsseparate__________________________

b. Haploidcellsareformed___________________________

c. Celldivisionoccursonce___________________________

d. Homologouschromosomespair_____________________

e. 4haploidcellsarethefinalresult____________________

f. Celldivisionoccurstwice__________________________

g. Replicatedchromosomeslineupinthemiddleofthecell__________________________

h. 2diploidcellsarethefinalresult_____________________________________________

4. DoestheparentcellinMitosisstartoffasdiploidorhaploid?AretheresultingcellsattheendofMitosisdiploidorhaploid?

5. DoestheparentcellinMeiosisstartoffasdiploidorhaploid?AretheresultingcellsattheendofMeiosisdiploidorhaploid?

6. Howdoesthenumberofchromosomesinasexcellcomparewiththenumberofchromosomesintheparentcell?

Biologist’s Challenge! 7. Explainwhymitosisisreferredtoasaprocessofcellreplication.

8. Explainwhymeiosisisreferredtoasaprocessofcellreduction.