What is the definition of a haploid cell?

It has half the amount of genetic information as a normal cell

It has double the amount of genetic information as a normal cell

What is meiosis? (tick all that apply)

occurs only in gamete mother cells

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1What is the definition of a haploid cell?
1. AIt has double the amount of genetic information as a normal cell
2. BIt has half the amount of genetic information as a normal cell
3. CIt is half a cell
4. DIt is a heart cell
2Name one site in an animal where meiosis occurs
1. Atestes
2. Banther
3. Cpollen
4. Dovules
3What name is given to points of contact between adjacent chromatids during the first meiotic division?
1. Achromosome complement
2. Bcentromere
3. Cchiasmata
4. Dhomologous
4Are the products of the first meiotic division haploid or diploid?
1. Ahaploid
2. Bdiploid
5Identify the two ways in which new combinations of existing alleles may arise during meiosis.
1. ACrossing over
2. BSpeciation
3. CIndependent assortment
4. DHomologous pairs
6What is meiosis? (tick all that apply)
1. Aa type of cell division
2. Bproduces a zygote
3. Coccurs only in plants
4. Doccurs only in gamete mother cells
5. Eresults in variation
7Gamete mother cells are haploid
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
8Where does mitosis occur?
1. Asex organs
2. Bbody tissues
3. Cin root and shoot tips
4. Din agar culture
9What is the name of a fertilised sex cell?
1. Aa zygote
2. Ba polyploid
3. Ca cellulate
4. Da gamete

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