True/False Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. |
| 1. | The information needed by a cell to direct its activities and to determine its characteristics is contained in molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). |
| 2. | Gametes are diploid so that when fertilization occurs, the resulting zygote will have the characteristic number of chromosomes for that species. |
| 3. | A karyotype is a type of gene. |
| 4. | Cell division in bacteria and eukaryotes takes place in precisely the same manner. |
| 5. | Cells spend most of their lifetime in interphase. |
| 6. | After the replication of a cell’s chromatids, there are twice as many centromeres as there are chromosomes. |
| 7. | Asexual reproduction occurs by mitosis. |
| 8. | During telophase, a nuclear envelope surrounds each new set of chromosomes. |
| 9. | Chromatids separate from each other during telophase. |
| 10. | After mitosis and cytokinesis, each new cell has a complete set of the original cell’s chromosomes. |
Completion Complete each sentence or statement. |
| 11. | Following replication of its DNA, each chromosome contains two ____________________, which are attached to each other by a centromere. |
| 12. | Chromosomes that are not involved in sex determination are called ____________________. |
| 13. | A picture of a cell’s chromosomes is called a ____________________. |
| 14. | The sequence of events that occurs in a cell from one mitotic division to the next is called the ____________________. |
| 15. | “Cables” made of microtubules that extend from the poles of a cell to the centromeres during cell division are called ____________________. |
| 16. | In mitosis, anaphase follows ____________________. |
| 17. | The stage of meiosis during which homologues line up along the equator of the cell is called ____________________. |
| 18. | The process called ____________________ guarantees that the number of chromosomes in gametes is half the number of chromosomes in body cells. |
| 19. | A reciprocal exchange of corresponding segments of DNA is called ____________________. |
| 20. | As a result of spermatogenesis, ____________________ cells are produced that can all develop into sperm cells. As a result of oogenesis, only ____________________ cell(s) develop(s) into (an) egg cell(s). |