Meiosis Worksheet
Meiosis Worksheet
Meiosis Worksheet
Name _
Match the following occurances with their appropriate phase in meiosis. Some lines will
have more than one answer, and the stages can be used more than once or not at all.
1. Fill in the boxes above with the following words: meiosis I, meiosis II, sister chromatids,
homologous chromosomes.
5. Look at the cells in step 4. Are they all the same? Why would nature favor this?
Telophase
Daughter Cells
II. Draw the chromosomes in the cell as it undergoes Meiosis (same parent cell):
Mitosis Meiosis
Binary Fission
prokaryotic cells
2. Mitosis v. Meiosis-Explaining Differences: Explain what happens in each of the following processes in Meiosis that is different from
Mitosis and why the difference is important.
Prophase I (in Meiosis I):
Meiosis II:
3. Mitosis and Meiosis-Drawn Definitions: On the back, a) define each of the words below using only pictures, b) Label each of your
drawings with the appropriate vocabulary word, and c) note whether the word relates to Mitosis, Meiosis, or both.
Chromosome, Chromatid, Centromere, Chromatin, DNA, Homologous Chromosome, Interphase, Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase,
Telophase, Diploid, Haploid, Tetrad, 2N, 1N, Crossing Over, Gamete, Somatic Cell
3 Meiosis Notes