Lesson 2: Meiosis

Question 1

Which three processes are methods of genetic recombination?

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crossing over, independent assortment, and fertilization

Question 2

How many chromosomes does a child inherit from his or her parents?

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23 from the mother and 23 from the father

Question 3

In his study of pea plants, Gregor Mendel used which method to produce offspring?

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cross-pollination, by using parents that had different traits

Question 4

Which process of genetic recombination involves genes from both parents?

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fertilization

Question 5

Which is a homologous chromosome pair?

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tetrad

Question 6

Three cells undergo meiosis. How many haploid cells are produced?

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12

Question 7

Which discovery did Gregor Mendel make?

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Traits are inherited independently of each other.

Question 8

Which best describes meiosis?

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It produces male and female sex cells.

Question 9

Which definition correctly describes a haploid cell during meiosis?

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a cell that has one complete set of chromosomes

Question 10

Which best illustrates how Gregor Mendel used creativity that lead to scientific discovery?

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He used pea plants to study the patterns of heredity.

Lesson 2: Meiosis Answers