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6. What is the name for cell division which produces haploid cells (the sperm / egg cells)?
- Diploid
- Mitosis
- Meosis
- Homozygous
7. What is the name that describes a cell with half the full number of chromosomes?
- Diploid
- Haploid
- Hereditary
- Heterozygous
8. What is the name that describes a cell with the full number of chromosomes (46 for humans)?
- Diploid
- Homozygous
- Hereditary
- Haploid
9. What is the name for a sperm / egg cell?
- Embryo
- Zygote
- Gamete
- Reproductive tract
10. What is the name for a newly formed life just after fertilisation of the egg by the sperm?
- Baby
- Embryo
- Zygote
- Foetus
11. What is the name for the area at the centre of a chromosome where the arms meet?
- Haploids
- Genes
- Centromere
- DNA
12. What is the name for an organism with two alleles the same for a particular gene?
- Dominant
- Homozygous
- Recessive
- Heterozygous
13. What is the name for a section of DNA molecule?
- Gamete
- Centromere
- Gene
- Chromosome
14. What is the name of the spiral shaped molecule that contains genes?
- Chromosomes
- DNA
- Chromatids
- Zygote
15. What is the name for an organism with two different alleles for a particular gene?
- Dominant
- Homozygous
- Heterozygous
- Recessive
16. What is the name for an allele/gene that determines the characteristics in the organism?
- Dominant
- Heterozygous
- Homozygous
- Recessive
17. What is the name for an allele/gene that does not usually affect the phenotype of the organism?
- Homozygous
- Recessive
- Heterozygous
- Dominant