HPD1 Quiz – Sample Preview

Student Portal

Student Instructions:

Answer all 10 multiple-choice questions below based on what you've learned in Investigation 1.
Click the "Submit Answers" button at the bottom to check your score.
Your score will appear below the quiz. Use it to reflect on any topics you want to review.
PREVIEW ONLY: This quiz is shown here as an example for demonstration purposes only. In the full program, teachers control when quizzes are assigned and reviewed.

1. What is the purpose of mitosis?

To make reproductive cells To increase genetic variation To allow growth and repair To produce energy

2. Where is DNA found in a human cell?

Cytoplasm Nucleus Cell membrane Mitochondria

3. What happens during menstruation?

The egg is fertilized Hormones stop working The uterus sheds its lining Ovulation occurs

4. What is the purpose of meiosis?

To create identical body cells To repair wounds To produce reproductive cells To clone cells

5. How many chromosomes are in a human body cell?

23 46 92 2

6. What happens when an egg and sperm join?

A fertilized egg is formed Menstruation restarts Meiosis begins The chromosome number doubles

7. How are daughter cells from mitosis similar to the parent cell?

They have half the DNA They are genetically identical They are smaller They become reproductive cells

8. What’s interesting about the DNA in one human cell?

It only comes from the father It’s shorter than bacterial DNA It can stretch over 6 feet long It floats outside the cell

9. What might happen if mitosis didn’t occur properly in a wound?

Infection might be prevented The wound wouldn’t heal More white blood cells would be made The wound would scar instantly

10. Why is it important that meiosis cuts the chromosome number in half?

So offspring get double chromosomes To stop mutations To allow normal fertilization It doesn’t matter