Carbon Dioxide Is Needed to Weather Away Both

question 29

Multiple Choice

Carbon dioxide is needed to weather away both

• A) oxidized and reduced organic matter.
• B) limestones and silicate rocks.
• C) calcium and magnesium silicates.
• D) animal and plant matter.

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Definitions:

Mitosis

A type of cell division in which a cell divides into two daughter cells with the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.

Prophase II

A stage of meiosis where chromosomes condense, nuclear envelopes break down, and spindle apparatus forms in each of the two daughter cells from meiosis I.

Chromatin

A complex of DNA and proteins that forms chromosomes within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, structures that condense to facilitate mitosis and meiosis.

Chiasmata

The points of crossing over and genetic exchange between homologous chromosomes during meiosis.