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1.1 The study of life Read Online
Viewed from space, Earth offers no clues about the diversity of life forms that reside there. The first forms of life on Earth are thought to have been microorganisms that existed for billions of years in the ocean before plants and animals appeared. The mammals, birds, and flowers so familiar to us are all relatively recent, originating 130 to 200 million years ago. Humans have inhabited this planet for only the last 2.5 million years, and only in the last 200,000 years have humans started looking like we do today.
Chapter 11: Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction MCQ Multiple Choices Questions Quiz Test Bank
11.1 The Process of Meiosis
11.2 Sexual Reproduction
Question: Which type of life cycle has both a haploid and diploid multicellular stage?
Choices:
asexual
diploid-dominant
haploid-dominant
alternation of generations
Question: Fungi typically display which type of life cycle?
Choices:
diploid-dominant
haploid-dominant
alternation of generations
asexual
Question: If a muscle cell of a typical organism has 32 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will be in a gamete of that same organism?
Choices:
8
16
32
64
Question: At metaphase I, homologous chromosomes are connected only at what structures?
Choices:
chiasmata
recombination nodules
microtubules
kinetochores
Question: At which stage of meiosis are sister chromatids separated from each other?
Choices:
prophase I
prophase II
anaphase I
anaphase II
Question: Which of the following is not true in regard to crossover?
Choices:
Spindle microtubules guide the transfer of DNA across the synaptonemal complex.
Non-sister chromatids exchange genetic material.
Chiasmata are formed.
Recombination nodules mark the crossover point.
Question: What phase of mitotic interphase is missing from meiotic interkinesis?
Choices:
G0 phase
G1 phase
S phase
G2 phase
Question: What is a likely evolutionary advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
Choices:
Sexual reproduction involves fewer steps.
There is a lower chance of using up the resources in a given environment.
Sexual reproduction results in variation in the offspring.
Sexual reproduction is more costeffective.
Question: The part of meiosis that is similar to mitosis is ________.
Choices:
meiosis I
anaphase I
meiosis II
interkinesis
Question: What structure is most important in forming the tetrads?
Choices:
centromere
synaptonemal complex
chiasma
kinetochore
Question: Meiosis produces ________ daughter cells.
Choices:
two haploid
two diploid
four haploid
four diploid