GENERAL BIOLOGY 1

NAME: ARIANETTE ATILAS GRADE LEVEL: G11 SECTION: STEM-A

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET:
SIGNIFICANCE OR APPLICATIONS OF MITOSIS/MEIOSIS
LEARNING ACTIVITY 1: MITOSIS TO THE RESCUE
1. Based on what you have just read or learned about the significance /importance of mitosis, HOW IS
HEALING OF A WOUND RELATED TO MITOSIS? Explain and justify your answer.
 Mitosis helps in the production of identical copies of cells and thus helps in repairing the
damaged tissue or worn-out cells due to wounds.
2. Some organisms are capable of reproducing asexually through processes such as budding. Is this an
example of mitosis? Why or why not?
 Yes of course! All division that occurs in somatic cells is only by mitosis. And budding is a
form of asexual reproduction. The bud is formed on the parent body due to repeated MITOSIS at
that specific region from where the bud elevated.
3. Predict what could happen to the cell if it cannot undergo mitosis.
 If there is no mitosis, there would be no cell growth and cell reproduction. Most importantly, genetic
information cannot be passed on. All cell functions would be hugely affected.
LEARNING ACTIVITY 2: LET’S MULTIPLY WITH MEIOSIS
1. Based on what you have just read or learned about the significance /importance of Meiosis explain the
importance of crossing-over and independent assortment in meiosis and justify how it affects variation in
organisms.
 Crossing over is the swapping of genetic material that occurs in the germ line. During the formation
of egg and sperm cells, also known as meiosis, paired chromosomes from each parent align so that
similar DNA sequences from the paired chromosomes cross over one another. Crossing over results
in a shuffling of genetic material and that is an important cause of the genetic variation seen among
offspring. Independent assortment is the process where the chromosomes move randomly to separate
poles during meiosis. A gamete will end up with 23 chromosomes after meiosis, but independent
assortment means that each gamete will have 1 of many different combinations of chromosomes.
This reshuffling of genes into unique combinations increases the genetic variation in a population
and explains the variation we see between siblings with the same parents.
2. In order to survive, an organism must have the correct number of chromosomes. And in order maintain a
consistent number of chromosomes within a species, what must an organism’s germ cells do? Explain your
answer.
 In order maintain a consistent number of chromosomes within a species, the organism’s germ
cells do should undergo meiosis.
3. Predict what will happen to the cell if it cannot undergo meiosis.
 It may result to chromosomal aberrations or abnormalities.
LEARNING ACTIVITY 3: MITOSIS VS MEIOSIS TABLE
Mitosis Meiosis

1.Purpose of process in multicellular organisms Growth, repair, Production of sex

regeneration, cells, variation
replace dead cells within population
2.Number of daughter cells produced 2 4

3.Number of chromosomes in parent cell (human) 46 (23 pairs) 46 (23 pairs)

4.Number of chromosomes in one daughter cell 46 (23 pairs) 23 (unpaired

(human) chromosomes)
5.Daughter cells diploid (2n) or haploid (n)? Diploid (2n) Haploid (n)

6.Daughter cells are genetically identical to parent yes no

cell?
 7.Daughter cells are genetically identical to each yes no
other?
Reflection
Cell Cycle

Eukaryote Prokaryote

Reproduces asexually through

Mitosis
Meiosis 2 identical daughter cell
produces

Produces important for the

following processes Production of
sex cells,
4 genetically produces
different variation within
Growth, repair,
daughter cells
regeneration,
replacement of
body cells