GCSE Biology – Meiosis

Last updated: 03/07/2020
AQA Oxford GCSE Science – Combined science foundation Inheritance GCSE Biology – Meiosis

Learning Objectives

-I can describe the differences in the end result of mitosis and meiosis
-I can recall the names of the male and female gametes in plants and animals
-I can describe the process of meiosis

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  1. What is sexual reproduction?

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  2. What is a difference between mitosis and meiosis?

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  3. Name the male gamete in animals.

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  4. Name the male gamete in plants.

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  5. Name the female gamete in animals and plants.

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  6. What is the genetic relationship between the gametes?

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  7. What do gametes form by?

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  8. What do gametes divide by?

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  9. What cells divide to form gametes?

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  10. How do cells divide to form gametes?

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  11. How many daughter cells are produced in meiosis?

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  12. How many chromosomes do gametes have?

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  13. What proportion of the normal number of chromosomes do gametes have?

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  14. Why do gametes only have 50% of the normal chromosome number?

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  15. What is the process where gametes join?

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  16. Which process results in cells showing genetic variation?

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  17. Which process results in cells showing no genetic variation?

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  18. What happens as an embryo develops?

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  19. As an embryo gets bigger, what happens to the number of cells it has?

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  20. Which process do body cells divide by?

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  21. Which process do gametes form by?

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  22. Which process produces two daughter cells?

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  23. Which process produces cells with 46 chromosomes?

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  24. How many times does the cell divide in meiosis?

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  25. How many sets of the chromosomes does each meiosis cell have?

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