Making New Cells

Question 1

Autosomes

Answer 1

All the chromosomes in a cell other than the sex chromosomes

Question 2

Centromere

Answer 2

The point on a chromosome where the two chromatids are joined together

Question 3

Chromatid

Answer 3

One of the strands or a chromosome following replication

Question 4

Diploid number

Answer 4

The number of chromosomes in body cells; two sets or 2N

Question 5

Haploid number

Answer 5

The number of chromosomes in gametes; one set or N

Question 6

Homologous chromosomes

Answer 6

Chromosomes with genes for particular characteristics at the same location

Question 7

Meiosis

Answer 7

The type of cell division that produces gametes with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell

Question 8

Mitosis

Answer 8

The type of cell division that produces two daughter cells identical to the parent cell

Question 9

Replication

Answer 9

The process of making copies of DNA

Question 10

Sex chromosomes

Answer 10

The chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual; in humans they are the X and Y chromosomes