Question

How are mitosis and meiosis different from each other?

A.
Mitosis produces sperm and egg cells and meiosis produces cells for the organism to grow and repair itself.

B.
Mitosis produces four different cells and meiosis produces identical cells.

C.
Mitosis produces four daughter cells and meiosis produces two daughter cells.

D.
Meiosis produces gametes and mitosis produces cells for the organism to grow and repair itself.

Answer 1

A. BecauseMeiosis is to produce eggs and sperm and mitosis is to produce body cells. Meiosis produces four cells with half the usual number of chromosomes for that species and mitosis produces two cells with the full number of chromosomes.