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CHAPTER 5: CELL DIVISION






Paper 2 (Section A Structured Items)

1. The diagram below represents two types of cell division: mitosis and meiosis.











Stage P







Stage Q





Stage R








Stage S





Anaphase
Telophase







Anaphase I
Telophase I





Meiosis II
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Process L
Mitosis
Meiosis
Parent cell
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(a) i. Name the type of cell which undergoes either mitosis or meiosis.
Cells which undergo mitosis


[1 mark]

Cells which undergo meiosis


[1 mark]

ii. State the functions of mitosis and meiosis of the cells stated in (a) i.
Function of mitosis


[1 mark]

Function of meiosis


[1 mark]

(b) i. Name process L.


[1 mark]

ii. When does process L take place?


[1 mark]

(c) i. Name stages P and Q.
Stage P


[1 mark]

Stage Q


[1 mark]



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ii. State one difference between the cells produced in stages P and Q.






[1 mark]

iii. Explain the importance of structure E in stage Q.






[2 marks]

(d) Draw the types of daughter cells produced at the end of meiosis II.

























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2. The diagrams below show a pair of homologous chromosomes at two different stages of
meiosis, X and Y.

























(a) i. Name the parts labelled P, Q and R in the above diagram.

P:
[1 mark]

Q:
[1 mark]

R:
[1 mark]

ii. State the function of P.




[1 mark]

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Stage X
P
R
Q
Stage Y
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(b) i. Name the stages in the above diagram.
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Stage X:
[1 mark]
Stage Y:
[1 mark]

ii. Statetwo differences between stage X and stage Y.





X


Y

1





2


[4 marks]

(c) Explain why the two parts labelled Q are genetically identical before crossing
over while the pair of R are not.






[2 marks]
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