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AP Biology # 12
Chapter Quiz 11
1. Correct Unless the chromosomes were stained to show band patterns, a karyotype would be least likely
to show which of the following? (p. 236)
Your answer: part of a chromosome turned around
Correct. An inversion, which affects neither the number of chromosomes nor the length of a chromosome,
would be difficult to detect without staining that showed chromosomal bands.
2. Incorrect Which one, if any, of the following statements is FALSE? (p. 236)
Your answer: Haploid cells can divide by mitosis.
The correct answer: Haploid cells can divide by meiosis.
Haploid cells CAN undergo mitosis.
3. Correct In a diploid set of chromosomes, one of each pair of homologous chromosomes is derived from
the father (paternal), the other of each pair from the mother (maternal). If 2n = 8, what is the probability of
obtaining a gamete in which all the chromosomes are paternal ones? (p. 236)
Your answer: 1/16
Correct. The chance of any one paternal chromosome ending up in a particular gamete is 1/2, so the chance
that all four would be of paternal origin would be (1/2)n, where n = 4.
4. Incorrect The sexual cycle of the multicellular alga Fucus involves ____________. (p. 239)
Your answer: both mitosis and meiosis
The correct answer: mitosis, meiosis, and fertilization
No. This answer is partially correct.
6. Correct Nuclear division resulting in cells that contain half the parental chromosome number is _____.
(p. 241)
Your answer: meiosis
Correct. The two cell divisions of meiosis, I and II, produce four haploid daughter cells.
8. Correct Chromosomes of diploid organisms that are NOT involved in sex determination are called
_____. (p. 236)
Your answer: autosomes
Correct. Because they determine an individual's sex, the X and Y chromosomes are called sex
chromosomes; all other chromosomes are called autosomes.
9. Correct The egg (ovum) of a rabbit contains 22 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in the
somatic (body) cells of a rabbit? (p. 236)
Your answer: 44
Correct. Haploid sex cells contain half as many chromosomes as diploid somatic cells.
10. Correct Rice gamete cells contain 12 chromosomes. How many chromosomes do rice diploid cells
have? (p. 236)
Your answer: 24
Correct. Haploid sex cells contain half as many chromosomes as diploid somatic cells.
11. Correct What is the typical result when a diploid cell undergoes meiosis? (p. 239)
Your answer: four haploid cells
Correct. The two cell divisions of meiosis, I and II, produce four haploid daughter cells, which are not
genetically identical to the diploid parent cell.
12. Correct If a diploid animal has 20 chromosomes, its sperm has _____. (p. 236)
Your answer: 10 chromosomes.
Correct. Haploid sex cells contain half as many chromosomes as diploid somatic cells.
13. Correct In a cell containing 10 chromosomes, meiosis results in the formation of daughter cells
containing __________ chromosomes. (p. 236)
Your answer: 5
Correct. Haploid sex cells contain half as many chromosomes as diploid somatic cells.
15. Correct Two chromosomes in a nucleus that carry genes for the same traits in the same loci, but specify
different versions of the same traits, are called _____. (p. 236)
Your answer: homologous chromosomes
Correct. Homologous chromosomes carry genes controlling the same inherited characters.
16. Correct How many pairs of autosomes do humans have? (p. 236)
Your answer: 22
Correct. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes.
18. Correct Which one of the following is true about homologous chromosomes? (p. 236)
Your answer: They have genes for the same traits at the same loci.
Correct. The chromosomes that make up a pair are called homologous chromosomes, and they carry genes
controlling the same inherited characters.
19. Correct Humans have 46 chromosomes. That number of (human) chromosomes will be found in
_____. (p. 240)
Your answer: all the interphase somatic cells
Correct. Somatic cells in interphase contain the characteristic diploid chromosome number.
20. Incorrect When we say that an organism is haploid, we mean that _____. (p. 236)
Your answer: none of the above
The correct answer: its cells each have one set of chromosomes
No. One of the other choices is correct.
22. Correct The diploid phase of the human life cycle begins with _____. (p. 236)
Your answer: fertilization
Correct. The union of haploid gametes at fertilization produces the zygote, or fertilized egg, which starts
the diploid phase of the life cycle of humans and is characteristic of animals.
23. Correct Which one of the following is NOT a function of meiosis in humans? (p. 237)
Your answer: multiplication of body cells
Correct. This is NOT a function of meiosis in humans. It is mitosis that enables a multicellular adult to arise
from a fertilized egg and produces cells for growth and tissue repair.
24. Correct Body (somatic) cells in humans contain __________ set(s) of chromosomes and are therefore
termed __________. (p. 236)
Your answer: two ... diploid
Correct. Somatic cells in interphase contain the characteristic diploid chromosome number.
25. Correct Nearly all life cycles have both haploid and diploid phases. Usually, the transition from
haploid to diploid takes place _____. (p. 236)
Your answer: at fertilization, when gametes fuse
Correct. The union of haploid gametes at fertilization produces the zygote, or fertilized egg, which starts
the diploid phase of the life cycle of humans and is characteristic of animals.
26. Correct Spores and gametes are different in that _____. (p. 239)
Your answer: gametes can fuse to form a zygote, but spores can develop into independent organisms
without first forming a zygote
Correct. Unlike a gamete, a spore gives rise to a multicellular organism without fusing with another cell.
27. Incorrect At the end of telophase I of meiosis and cytokinesis, there are _____. (p. 241)
Your answer: two diploid cells
The correct answer: two haploid cells
No. Two diploid cells are the result of the completion of the mitotic cell cycle.
34. Correct Regions of chromosomes where nonsister chromatids cross over are called _____. (p. 240)
Your answer: chiasmata
Correct. Chiasmata are regions where crossing over has occurred.
35. Correct In humans, the haploid number of chromosomes is 23. Independent assortment has the
possibility of producing _____ different gametes. (p. 244)
Your answer: 223
Correct. For each gamete there are two possibilities for each chromosome (the paternal or the maternal
chromosome) and there are 23 different chromosomes per gamete.
36. Correct If the diploid number of chromosomes in a certain animal is 6 (2n = 6), there are three sets of 2
homologous chromosomes each, or three pairs. How do these three pairs align and separate in meiosis? (p.
243)
Your answer: They align and assort independently to form any of eight different combinations.
Correct. Because each homologous pair of chromosomes is positioned independently of other pairs at
metaphase I, the first meiotic division results in the independent assortment of paternal and maternal
chromosomes into daughter cells. In a case in which 2n = 6, eight combinations of chromosomes are
possible for gametes.
37. Correct An organism has a haploid chromosome number n = 4. How many tetrads will form during
meiosis? (p. 240)
Your answer: 4
Correct. Because of the synapsis of homologous chromosomes, the number of tetrads in meiosis I will be
the same as the haploid number of chromosomes.
38. Correct Which event ocurs only during prophase I of the first meiotic division? (p. 240)
Your answer: Synapsis of homologous pairs occurs.
Correct. Synapsis of homologous chromosomes occurs at prophase of meiosis I.
39. Correct In a male mammal, every cell that undergoes meiosis gives rise to __________ sperm. (p. 239)
Your answer: four
Correct. One diploid parent cell gives rise to four haploid sex cells at the completion of the two meiotic
divisions.
40. Incorrect In a species in which 2n = 16, how many homologous pairs of chromosomes are present in
each daughter cell at the end of meiosis I? (p. 239)
Your answer: 8
The correct answer: 0
No. This is the number of chromosomes found in each cell at the end of meiosis I.
41. Correct Which one of the following occurs in meiosis, but not mitosis? (p. 242)
Your answer: Homologous chromosomes separate.
Correct. Homologous chromosomes separate during anaphase I. This event follows synapsis, an event
unique to prophase I.
42. Incorrect Mitosis and meiosis differ in several ways. Meiosis, but not mitosis, _____. (p. 242)
Your answer: is correctly described by all of these statements
The correct answer: involves two bouts of cell division
Correct. Meiosis involves two divisions that result in four daughter cells (instead of two). Each cell has half
the number of chromosomes of the original parent cell, and it is, of course, not genetically identical to the
parent cell.
43. Correct Meiosis is more complicated than mitosis because it carries out more complicated functions.
Meiosis must _____. (p. 242)
Your answer: undergo two rounds of cytokinesis
This answer is partially correct.
44. Correct Which one of the following occurs in meiosis, but not in mitosis? (p. 242)
Your answer: synapsis of homologous chromosomes
Correct. An early distinguishing feature of meiosis is the appearance of tetrads that form during prophase I
as homologous chromosomes synapse.
46. Incorrect Ignoring crossover, how many kinds of gametes can be produced by an organism with a
diploid number of 8? (p. 244)
Your answer: 4
The correct answer: 16
No. Higher.
47. Correct For a species with a haploid number of 5 chromosomes, how many combinations of
chromosomes are possible in the gametes? (p. 244)
Your answer: 32
Correct. The number of combinations possible when chromosomes assort independently into gametes
during meiosis is 2n, where n is the haploid number of chromosomes.
48. Correct The major contribution of sex to evolution has been _____. (p. 235)
Your answer: to provide a method that creates greater genetic variation
Correct. Sexual life cycles produce enormous genetic variation among offspring.