AP Biology Questions with CORRECT Answers

AP Biology Questions with CORRECT Answers

Question:
Somatic Cells
Answer:
body cells


Question:
Gametes
Answer:
reproductive cells


Question:
Chromatin
Answer:
The complex of DNA and proteins that makes up eukaryotic chromosomes.


Question:
Centromere
Answer:
Point on a chromosome by which it is attached to a spindle fiber during cell division.


Question:
Sister Chromatids
Answer:
Identical copies of a chromosome; full sets of these are created during the S subphase
of interphase.


Question:
Meiosis
Answer:
Cell division producing haploid gametes

, Question:
spindle fibers
Answer:
Protein structures which move the chromosomes during cell division.


Question:
Centrosome
Answer:
A structure that functions as the microtubule organizing center and is important during
cell division, has two centrioles.


Question:
Kinetochore
Answer:
A structure within the centromere containing the motor protein dynein. Moves the
chromosomes apart during anaphase.


Question:
Polar body
Answer:
a small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later
discarded


Question:
Karyotype
Answer:
A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.


Question:
homologous chromosomes
Answer:
Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes, though may have different alleles
(versions) of those genes. Maternal/Paternal