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Cellular and Sexual Reproduction Quiz


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Process of cellular reproduction that occurs in three stages.

A. Mitosis

B. Meiosis

C. Cell Cycle


Alternative form that a single gene may have for a particular trait.

A. Telomere

B. Gene

C. Allele

D. Autosome


First stage of mitosis, during which the cell’s chromatin condenses into chromosomes.

A. Prophase

B. Metaphase

C. Anaphase

D. Telophase


Repeating subunit of chromatin fibers, consisting of DNA coiled around histones.

A. Chromatin

B. Chromosome

C. Nucleosome

D. Cell Cycle


One of the specific proteins that regulate the cell cycle.

A. Nucleosome

B. Chromatin

C. Cyclin-dependent kinase

D. Cyclin


Cancer-causing substance.

A. Stem Cell

B. Carcinogen

C. Cyclin-dependent kinase

D. Cyclin


Process by which haploid gametes combine, forming a diploid cell with 2n chromosomes, with n chromosomes from the female parent and n chromosomes from the male parent.

A. Fertilization

B. Nondisjunction

C. Cellular Differentiation

D. Meiosis


DNA-containing structure that carried genetic material from one generation to another.

A. Chromatin

B. Chromosome

C. Nucleosome

D. Gene


Last stage of mitosis in which nucleoli reappear. Two new nuclear membranes begin to form, but the cell has not yet completely divided.

A. Prophase

B. Metaphase

C. Anaphase

D. Telophase


The process by which an unspecialized cell develops into a specialized cell with a defined structure and function.

A. Gene

B. Autosome

C. Nondisjunction

D. Cellular Differentiation


When homologous chromosome pairs align on the spindle during metaphase I the orientation of one pair is independent of the orientation of any other pair.

A. Fertilization

B. Independent Assortment

C. Cellular Differentiation

D. Meiosis


Unspecialized cell that can develop into a specialized cell under the right conditions.

A. Haploid

B. Diploid

C. Allele

D. Stem Cell


Cell structure that joins two sister chromatids.

A. Telomere

B. Centromere

C. Chromosome

D. Chromatin


Cell with half the number of chromosomes (n)

A. Haploid

B. Diploid


Enzyme to which cyclin binds during interphase and mitosis, triggering and controlling activities during the cell cycle.

A. Cyclin

B. Cyclin-dependent kinase

C. Chromatin

D. Chromosome


Second stage of mitosis in which motor proteins pull sister chromatids to the cells equator.

A. Prophase

B. Metaphase

C. Anaphase

D. Telophase


Functional unit that controls inherited trait expression that is passed on from one generation to another generation.

A. Gene

B. Gamete

C. Homologous Chromosomes

D. Autosome


Second main stage of the cell cycle during which the cell’s replicated DNA divides and two genetically identical diploid daughter cells are produced.

A. Mitosis

B. Meiosis

C. Cellular Differentiation

D. Nondisjunction


One of the two paired chromosomes, one from each parent, that carries genes for a specific trait at the same location.

A. Gene

B. Homologous Chromosome

C. Gamete

D. Sex Chromosome


Cell division in which the sister chromatids do not separate correctly, resulting in gametes with an abnormal number of chromosomes.

A. Cellular Differentiation

B. Nondisjunction

C. Crossing Over

D. Telomere


X or Y chromosome

A. Gene

B. Haploid

C. Autosome

D. Sex Chromosome


Protective cap made of DNA that is found on the ends of a chromosome.

A. Centromere

B. Telomere

C. Nondisjunction

D. Cellular Differentation


A haploid sex cell, formed during meiosis, that can combine with another haploid sex cell and produce a diploid fertilized egg.

A. Autosome

B. Sex Chromosome

C. Gamete

D. Gene


Micrograph in which the pairs of homologous chromosomes are arranged in decreasing size.

A. Gene

B. Gamete

C. Crossing Over

D. Karyotype


Structure made of spindle fibers, centrioles, and aster fibers that is involved in moving and organizing chromosomes before the cell divides.

A. Centromere

B. Telomere

C. Spindle Apparatus

D. Chromosome




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