Meiosis

Question 1

What does meiosis produce

Answer 1

gametes

Question 2

Where does meiosis occur

Answer 2

in reproductive organs cells

Question 3

How many copies of chromosomes do gametes have

Answer 3

ONLY ONE copy of each chromosome

Question 4

When male and female gametes fuse in fertilisation what happens to amount of chromosomes

Answer 4

one of each copy is inherited from the mother and same for the father
this brings the number of chromosomes back to full number found in the species

Question 5

What is it called when different chromosomes are inherited

Answer 5

variation

Question 6

In the process of meiosis how does it begin

Answer 6

a nucleus contains pairs of chromosomes and carries out DNA replication to form replicants of each

Question 7

Once DNA replication occurs what do the chromosomes line up like in the centre of the nucleus

Answer 7

In DNA replicants they go
alongside the same chromosome pair
(NOT SINGLE FILE)

Question 8

After the line up is done what would you find in one of the new cells

Answer 8

Entire DNA replicants together

Question 9

Once there are 2 daughter cells of entire DNA replicants together what happens

Answer 9

MITOSIS to get just one of each

Question 10

How many cells at the end of meiosis

Answer 10

4