CSU LIFE 102 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is sexual reproduction?
Answer: Reproduction involving 2 parent organisms combining
genetic material to create diverse offspring.
◉ What are gametes?
Answer: sex cells (sperm and egg)
◉ Somatic Cells
Answer: Any cells in the body other than reproductive cells
◉ What is a diploid?
Answer: 2 sets of chromosomes (somatic cells)
◉ What is a haploid?
Answer: 1 set of chromosomes
◉ What occurs during meiosis?
, Answer: Meiosis is a process of reduction division where the
number of chromosome per cell are cut in half through the
separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell
◉ What occurs during fertilization?
Answer: gametes=haploid, sperm and ovum fuse forming a diploid
zygote which matures into an adult organism
◉ What are homologous chromosomes?
Answer: Two genetically similar chromosomes, one from each
parent
◉ What are nonhomologous chromosomes?
Answer: chromosomes that do not belong to the same pair
◉ What separates during meiosis 1?
Answer: homologous pairs
◉ What separates during meiosis 2?
Answer: sister chromatids
◉ What are the steps in meiosis 1?
Answer: Prophase 1, Metaphase 1, Anaphase 1, Telophase 1
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is sexual reproduction?
Answer: Reproduction involving 2 parent organisms combining
genetic material to create diverse offspring.
◉ What are gametes?
Answer: sex cells (sperm and egg)
◉ Somatic Cells
Answer: Any cells in the body other than reproductive cells
◉ What is a diploid?
Answer: 2 sets of chromosomes (somatic cells)
◉ What is a haploid?
Answer: 1 set of chromosomes
◉ What occurs during meiosis?
, Answer: Meiosis is a process of reduction division where the
number of chromosome per cell are cut in half through the
separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell
◉ What occurs during fertilization?
Answer: gametes=haploid, sperm and ovum fuse forming a diploid
zygote which matures into an adult organism
◉ What are homologous chromosomes?
Answer: Two genetically similar chromosomes, one from each
parent
◉ What are nonhomologous chromosomes?
Answer: chromosomes that do not belong to the same pair
◉ What separates during meiosis 1?
Answer: homologous pairs
◉ What separates during meiosis 2?
Answer: sister chromatids
◉ What are the steps in meiosis 1?
Answer: Prophase 1, Metaphase 1, Anaphase 1, Telophase 1
