Mitosis and meiosis compared

Grade 9 Science Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Model body cell (model data, not to scale)

   2n = 8, drawn as 4 pairs of chromosome cards: pair 1, pair 2, pair 3 and pair 4. Each pair has 1 dark card and 1 light card.

2. 1.

   Ari follows a model body cell with 2n = 8 as it divides once by mitosis. How many chromosomes does each daughter cell have?

   • 8 chromosomes
   • 4 chromosomes
   • 12 chromosomes
   • 16 chromosomes
3. 2.

   Esme follows a model cell with 2n = 4 through meiosis. What is the total number of chromosomes in all the finished cells together?

   • 4 chromosomes
   • 2 chromosomes
   • 8 chromosomes
   • 16 chromosomes

4. Use this

   Lab note (model data), 5 rows. Columns: step, result. start, 1 body cell, 2n = 8. divisions, 1. cells made, 2. chromosomes in each new cell, 8. new cells, match the parent cell.

5. 3.

   Jun reads a lab note about one division. Which choice names it and gives the reason?

   • Fertilization, because 2 cells were made
   • Meiosis, because 2 cells were made
   • Mitosis, because the new cells match the parent
   • Meiosis, because the new cells match the parent

6. Use this

   Lab note (model data), 5 rows. Columns: step, result. start, 1 germ cell, 2n = 10. divisions, 2. cells made, 4. chromosomes in each new cell, 5. new cells, all different.

7. 4.

   Kira reads a lab note about a germ cell dividing. Which choice names the division and gives the reason?

   • Mitosis, because 4 cells were made
   • Meiosis, because the number was halved
   • Mitosis, because the new cells differ from each other
   • Fertilization, because the number changed

8. Use this

   Two divisions (model data), 2 rows. Columns: division, start and divisions, cells made, chromosomes in each new cell. P, 1 cell with 2n = 12, then 1 division, 2, 12. Q, 1 cell with 2n = 12, then 2 divisions in a row, 4, 6.

9. 5.

   Luz reads the table of two divisions, P and Q. Which choice names both correctly?

   • P is meiosis and Q is mitosis, because mitosis halves the number
   • P is mitosis and Q is meiosis, because Q halves the number
   • P and Q are both mitosis, because both start with 2n = 12
   • P and Q are both meiosis, because both copy chromosomes first

10. Mitosis and meiosis side by side (facts from OpenStax Biology 2e)

    step	mitosis	meiosis
    chromosomes copied before dividing	once	once
    divisions	1	2
    cells made	2	4
    chromosomes in each new cell	same as the parent	half of the parent
    new cells	identical	different from each other

11. 6.

    Milo compares the two columns of the table. Which feature do mitosis and meiosis share?

    • Both cut the chromosome number to half
    • Both make four cells from one starting cell
    • The chromosomes are copied once, before the division starts
    • Both make daughter cells identical to the parent cell
12. 7.

    Noah compares the two columns of the table. Which feature belongs to meiosis and not to mitosis?

    • One division makes two identical cells
    • The new cells have the parent's chromosome number
    • The chromosomes are copied before the division starts
    • Two divisions follow one round of copying
13. 8.

    Pia compares the two columns of the table. Which feature belongs to mitosis and not to meiosis?

    • The new cells have the parent's chromosome number
    • The new cells differ from each other
    • Two divisions happen in a row
    • The chromosome number is cut to half

14. Use this

    Two ways to reproduce (facts from OpenStax Biology 2e), 2 rows. Columns: way, starting cells, how offspring begin, offspring. asexual, such as budding yeast, 1 parent, a bud forms and the nucleus divides by mitosis, match the parent. sexual, usually 2 parents, an egg cell and a sperm cell join, differ from each other and from the parents.

15. 9.

    Ren reads about a yeast cell and the bud that pinches off from it. How do their chromosomes compare?

    • The bud has a mix from two parents
    • The bud has half, because mitosis halves the number
    • They match, because the nucleus divided by mitosis
    • They match, because the nucleus divided by meiosis
16. 10.

    Tala sees plants P and Q grow from two runners of one strawberry plant. How alike are P and Q?

    • Half alike, because each took half the parent's chromosomes
    • Genetically identical, because mitosis copied the parent's chromosomes
    • Genetically different, because mitosis shuffles genes in each plant
    • Genetically different, because each runner started with meiosis