1Why are the face, body structure and behaviours of the children born from the same parents not exactly the same?
2Write the differences between mitosis and meiosis.
3What is meiotic cell division? Where does it take place?
4What is a haploid cell? Give one example.
5Why is meiosis called reductional cell division?
6What is crossing over? When does it happen and what is its result?
7Describe the two phases of meiosis in brief.
8Differentiate between karyokinesis and cytokinesis.
9What would happen if gametes were formed by mitosis instead of meiosis?
10Write any three significances of meiotic cell division.
11A mother cell in the ovary of an animal has 16 chromosomes. After meiosis, how many cells are formed and how many chromosomes does each have?
12How is the chromosome number, halved by meiosis, made complete again?