Ashwin Raghuraman April 2, 2020 6

Name:_______________________________________________Date:____________________________Period:_______

Introduction to Meiosis Webquest

Directions: Use the following websites and animations to complete this webquest.
Please work through them in order, reading and thinking about what you’re
learning as you do so. Don’t just Google™ the questions.

Part 1: Completing the Meiosis Model

Website #1 = https://www.cellsalive.com/meiosis.htm
1. Why is meiosis important? __________________________________________
Meiosis is important in assuring genetic diversity in sexual reproduction.

2. Click on the yellow and red “Start Animation” button. Click on the green
button on the bottom and watch the animation all the way through once.
a. How many cells are present at the start of meiosis? ______
1

b. How many cells are present at the end of meiosis? ______

4

3. Look at the purple menu on the right to fill in this graphic to name the stages of
meiosis:
Start = Diploid cell (______)
2N

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Prophase 1 _______Prophase II_______
Meiosis II
Meiosis I

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Metaphase 1 _________________________
Metaphase II

_______Anaphase I_______ _________________________

Anaphase II

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Telophase 1 _________________________
Telophase II

End = Gamete (______)

1N
Part 2: Getting the Main Idea

Website #2 =
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter28/a
nimation__how_meiosis_works.html
You can pause the animation at any time. If you click on the Audio button it will
turn the audio on and off. If you click on the Text button it will hide or show the
text. Sometimes the answers for these questions are part of the audio/text
information and sometimes the answers are on the screen.
4. All animals, plants, fungi and sexually reproductive species produce their
gametes by meiosis but we’re going to focus on the process in humans. What are
the 2 human reproductive cells made by meiosis?
A. ____________________
Sperm Cells B. _____________________
Egg Cells

5. Fill in the blank: The cells that undergo meiosis to produce haploid gametes are
called _____________
germ line cells.
6. How many sets of chromosomes does a diploid cell have? _____
2

7. How many sets of chromosomes does a haploid cell have? _____

1

8. True or False: DNA is replicated in interphase prior to the start of meiosis. True

9. How many divisions are there in meiosis? ________

2

10. What is the end result of meiosis? ___________________________

4 Haploid cells

11. Describe the chromosomes that become visible during Prophase I.

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Individual, replicated chromosomes become visible, and each chromosome consists of identical sister

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chromatids joined at their centromeres.

12. Many of the stages of meiosis mirror the steps of mitosis but there are 2
important events that occur in meiosis that don’t occur in mitosis. The first
important event occurs during prophase I of meiosis I. It’s called Crossing-Over.
Describe what happens.
During Crossing-Over, 2 homologous chromosomes, which are lined up next to each other,
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exchange DNA between adjacent homologous chromatids.

13. Before crossing-over occurs the sister chromatids of each chromosome are
genetically identical. Are they still genetically identical after crossing-over has
occurred? Yes or No
14. What lines up at the equator of the cell during metaphase I?
In Metaphase 1, homologous chromosomes line up at the equator of the cell.
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15. The second event unique to meiosis occurs during metaphase I. It’s called
independent assortment. Describe it or draw it below.
Chromosomes can align with either the top or bottom of the equator. They are just as likely to go to

the top as they are to the bottom. This different orientation will produce different combinations of parental
chromosomes. This is called independent assortment.

16. Are the 2 cells that are made at the end of telophase I OR diploid?
17. True or False: the second division of meiosis, called meiosis II, is identical to
mitosis. True
the Sister Chromatids
18. In anaphase II _______________________________________________ are
pulled apart from each other along the spindle fibers towards the poles of the cell.
19. Describe the cells made at the end of meiosis II (5 words).
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Cells made at the end of meiosis II are "four genetically different haploid cells".

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Part 3: Mitosis vs. Meiosis AND Review

Website #3:
https://www.wiley.com/college/test/0471787159/biology_basics/animations/mei
osis.html

20. By what process do all living organisms grow and repair themselves?
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Mitosis

21. Complete the drag-and-drop exercise and then list the 6 correct answers in
order. _____________________________________________________________
Mitosis, Meiosis, Mitosis, Mitosis, Mitosis, Mitosis

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Adults, Pre-conception, conception, development, birth, adult

22. Fill in the blanks: Of the ______

46 chromosomes in the nuclei of every diploid
human somatic cell, __________
23 chromosomes were contributed by the mother in
the ____________
egg cell and the other __________
23 chromosomes come from the
father’s __________________
sperm cell.
Human Karyotype
22. ____________________________________ = a pictorial display of
chromosomes photographed at metaphase of mitosis.
Autosomes
23. What are the non-sex chromosomes called? ____________________________

24. The letters X and Y are used to describe the 2 sex chromosomes. What
combination is used for females? ______________
XX For males? _____________
XY

25. What is a homologous pair of chromosomes? __________________________

Homologous chromosomes contain the

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genetic code for the same traits such as eye color or type of hair.

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