Mitosis and meiosis are processes by which animal and plant cells divide. which statement best describes a difference between mitosis and meiosis?

a. meiosis is a multi-step process.

b. meiosis also takes place in prokaryotic cells.

c. mitosis produces genetically identical daughter cells.

C. Mitosis produces genetically identical daughter cells.

Explanation:

As stated in the question, Mitosis and Meiosis are both cellular divisions that occurs in living cells. However, they differ in their products and process. Mitosis is the type of cell division that produces two daughter cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell. They are identical in the sense that they possess the same number of chromosomes and types of alleles as the parent cell.

However, meiosis is the kind of division that produces four daughter cells with each having their chromosomal number reduced by half. Meiosis is only employed by sexually reproducing organisms to produce gametes. It involves a two step division process. The daughter cells that results from meiosis are genetically different from the parent cell because they contain different allele combination and reduced number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

This difference in genetic content of the daughter cells produced by meiosis is as a result of CROSSING-OVER process that occurs between non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes, where chromosome parts containing alleles are exchanged between the two chromosomes. This increases the chance of genetic diversity among the species of that organism.

4.) metal

"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."