AP BIOLOGY CHAPTER 13 MEIOSIS REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

AP BIOLOGY CHAPTER 13 MEIOSIS REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Purpose of meiosis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To produce gametes



Diploid - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅2 sets of chromosomes; 2n



Haploid - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; n



Homologous chromosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pair of chromosomes that are the same size, same
appearance and share the same genes.



Karyotype - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Organized image of chromosomes



Somatic cell - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Any cell that forms the body of an organism



Gamete - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Reproductive cell



Differences between meiosis and mitosis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1) Meiosis produces four new cells,
each with new chromosomes, half as parent.

Mitosis produces two cells, each with the same number of chromosomes as parent cell

2) Meiosis has two divisions; mitosis only has one division

3) Meiosis produces gametes; mitosis produces somatic cells



Similarities between meiosis and mitosis - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1) Both begin with a diploid cell

2) Both go through interphase before the process

3) Both produce new cells



Crossing over - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exchanging of DNA between non-sister chromatids of
homologous chromosomes