Review Questions- Cell Division

  1. Cell division is necessary for … .

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  2. Cell division requires two processes. What are they?

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  3. Distinguish between mitosis and meiosis.

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  4. What is gametogenesis. Where does it occur in males? In females?

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  5. What is gametogenesis called in males? In females?

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  6. What kind of cells divided mitotically? What kind of cells divide meiotically?

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  7. Distinguish between germ cells and somatic cells.

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  8. Distinguish between the haploid number and the diploid number.

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  9. What are homologous chromosomes?

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  10. What two things does mitosis accomplish?

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  11. What happens during prophase of mitosis?

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  12. What happens during metaphase of mitosis?

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  13. What happens during anaphase of mitosis?

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  14. What happens during telophase of mitosis?

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  15. What is cytokinesis? By when is it completed?

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  16. How does cytokinesis occur in animal cells?

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  17. Describe meiosis I.

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  18. Describe Meiosis II.

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  19. Describe what happens during prophase I?

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  20. Describe what happens during metaphase I.

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  21. Describe what happens during anaphase I.

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  22. Describe what happens during metaphase II.

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  23. Describe what happens during anaphase II.

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  24. List and describe the five stages of prophase I.

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  25. List 5 ways in which mitosis and meiosis are different.

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  26. What is spermatogenesis? Where does it occur?

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  27. Be able to distinguish among the following:

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    Primary spermatocytes

    Secondary spermatocytes

    Spermatids

    Spermatozoa

     

  28. What is spermiogenesis?

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  29. What is oogenesis? Where does the process begin?

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  30. Distinguish among the following:

Oogonia

 

primary oocytes

 

secondary oocytes

 

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