1. four haploid
2. four diploid
3. two haploid
4. two diploid

What structure is most important in forming the tetrads?

1. centromere
2. chiasmata
3. kinetochore
4. synaptonemal complex

1. anaphase I
2. anaphase II
3. prophase I
4. prophase II

1. chiasmata
2. kinetochores
3. microtubules
4. recombination nodules

What phase(s) of mitotic interphase is missing from meiotic interkinesis?

1. G0 phase
2. G1 phase
3. G2 phase
4. S phase

1. reduction division
2. interkinesis
3. meiosis I
4. meiosis II

Which of the following is not true during crossing over?

1. Chiasmata are formed.
2. Nonsister chromatids exchange genetic material.
3. Recombination nodules mediate cross over events.
4. Spindle microtubules guide the movement of chromosomal material.

1. anaphase I
2. metaphase I
3. prophase II
4. Genetic variation only occurs during prophase I.

1. alternation of generations
2. asexual
3. diploid-dominant
4. haploid-dominant

1. crossing over of chromosomes
2. mutation of DNA
3. random assortment of chromosomes
4. There is no variation in asexual reproduction.

1. Sexual reproduction involves fewer steps.
2. Sexual reproduction results in variation in the offspring.
3. Sexual reproduction is more metabolically efficient.
4. Sexual reproduction uses up fewer resources in a given environment.

1. Half the population is capable of carrying offspring.
2. Identical offspring are not produced.
3. Adaptation to rapidly changing environments is more difficult.
4. Mutation rates are slower.

1. alternation of generations
2. asexual
3. diploid-dominant
4. haploid-dominant

1. gamete
2. gametophyte
3. spore
4. sporophyte