BIOLOGY 1201 EXAM 4 2026 FINAL PAPER
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY APLUS
◉ Normal human gametes carry _____ chromosomes.
Answer: 23
◉ Heredity is not about an exact passing down of the genetics it
involves variation (true or false)
Answer: true
◉ Sexual reproduction is a thing so you ______ have an identical copy
of the parent
Answer: do not
◉ Asexual reproduction is like cloning where you do want an exact
copy (true or false)
Answer: true
◉ In sexual reproduction you dont want an exact copy but you do
want the same genes coding for the same things to be there but you
want them to be varied in their combinations. (true or false)
Answer: True
,◉ A _________ is looking at all the chromosomes in a particular
organism
Answer: Karyotype
◉ Human cells have _____ pairs of chromosomes
Answer: 23
◉ In humans 22 of our chromosomes are called __________ because
they are non sexual chromosomes
Answer: autosomes
◉ In the cell the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans are lined up
nicely (true or false)
Answer: false - they are jumbled up (they will pair up in meiosis)
◉ A ___________ pair of chromosomes means that the same
chromosome from each parent are joined together and have the
same structure
Answer: homologous
◉ In humans each cell has ____ individual chromosomes
Answer: 46
, ◉ __________ is when you only have 1 set of parental chromosomes
Answer: haploid
◉ _______ is when you have both sets of parental chromosomes
Answer: diploid
◉ If a cell has both homologs then it is ________
Answer: diploid
◉ The center part of 2 sister chromatids that is pinched in is the
_______
Answer: centromere
◉ In homologous pairs, for example, the chromosome 1 from the
mother and the father express the same trait. (Hair color, eye color,
etc) (true or false
Answer: true
◉ Although homologous pairs express the same metabolic genes the
specific genes may be different from one another. (Ex: blue eyes or
brown eyes) (true or false)
Answer: true
SOLVED QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY APLUS
◉ Normal human gametes carry _____ chromosomes.
Answer: 23
◉ Heredity is not about an exact passing down of the genetics it
involves variation (true or false)
Answer: true
◉ Sexual reproduction is a thing so you ______ have an identical copy
of the parent
Answer: do not
◉ Asexual reproduction is like cloning where you do want an exact
copy (true or false)
Answer: true
◉ In sexual reproduction you dont want an exact copy but you do
want the same genes coding for the same things to be there but you
want them to be varied in their combinations. (true or false)
Answer: True
,◉ A _________ is looking at all the chromosomes in a particular
organism
Answer: Karyotype
◉ Human cells have _____ pairs of chromosomes
Answer: 23
◉ In humans 22 of our chromosomes are called __________ because
they are non sexual chromosomes
Answer: autosomes
◉ In the cell the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans are lined up
nicely (true or false)
Answer: false - they are jumbled up (they will pair up in meiosis)
◉ A ___________ pair of chromosomes means that the same
chromosome from each parent are joined together and have the
same structure
Answer: homologous
◉ In humans each cell has ____ individual chromosomes
Answer: 46
, ◉ __________ is when you only have 1 set of parental chromosomes
Answer: haploid
◉ _______ is when you have both sets of parental chromosomes
Answer: diploid
◉ If a cell has both homologs then it is ________
Answer: diploid
◉ The center part of 2 sister chromatids that is pinched in is the
_______
Answer: centromere
◉ In homologous pairs, for example, the chromosome 1 from the
mother and the father express the same trait. (Hair color, eye color,
etc) (true or false
Answer: true
◉ Although homologous pairs express the same metabolic genes the
specific genes may be different from one another. (Ex: blue eyes or
brown eyes) (true or false)
Answer: true
