A student wrote three statements about cell division by mitosis.
Statement 1: Mitosis produces two cells that each contain half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell.
Statement 2: The chromosomes are copied after the nucleus has divided.
Statement 3: Mitosis produces cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell.
Give the number of the statement that is correct.
Write a corrected version of Statement 1.
Write a corrected version of Statement 2.
Meiosis is a different type of cell division. Give one way in which the cells produced by meiosis are different from the cells produced by mitosis.
63 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Biology 1.2 Cell division, covering 1.2.1 Chromosomes, 1.2.2 Mitosis and the cell cycle, and 1.2.3 Stem cells. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.