Cell Structure and Function Quiz

• A single chromosome with two chromatids
• A pair of sister chromatids
• A pair of homologous chromosomes
• A group of four centromeres

• Chiasmata
• Crossing over
• Synapsis
• Terminalization

• Leptotene, Zygotene, Pachytene, Diplotene, Diakinesis
• Leptotene, Pachytene, Zygotene, Diplotene, Diakinesis
• Zygotene, Leptotene, Diplotene, Pachytene, Diakinesis
• Diakinesis, Diplotene, Pachytene, Zygotene, Leptotene

• The division occurs in equal phases
• It divides the cell into two equal parts only in plants
• It reduces the chromosome number by half
• Daughter cells receive the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent cell

• It reduces cell number
• It prevents cell growth
• It increases genetic variation
• It replaces damaged or lost cells