Mitosis or MeiosisPractice

You may write Mi for Mitosisand Me for Meiosis

What is the difference?

Mitosis• Body cells create new body

cells• Chromosome count is

identical• Called a diploid• Prophase, metaphase,

anaphase, telophase

Meiosis• Body cells create sex cells• Chromosome count is half

of the parent cell amount• Called a haploid• Prophase, metaphase,

anaphase, telophase, prophase II, metaphase II, anaphase II, telophase II

1. Body cell reproduction

2. Zygote growth into an embryo

3. Formation of sperm cells

4. Daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent cell

5. Development of an egg cell

6. One parent cell divides into four sex cells

8. Forms diploid cells

7. One parent cell divides into two daughter cells

9. Sunflower seed grows into a plant

10. Forms haploid cells

Mitosis Meiosis