Worksheet 2

Mitosis

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of mitosis?

2. What are the differences and similarities between mitosis and meiosis?

3. What happened to the mother cell after mitosis?

4. How similar are the 2 daughter cells to each other and to their mother cell?

Meiosis

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of meiosis?

2. What happened to the mother cell after meiosis?

3. How do the daughter cell differ from each other?

4. How do the daughter cells differ from their mother?

5. How many chromosomes are there in each daughter cell?