Question

1. meiosis ii is essentially the same as mitosis except that the outcome produces cells that are: diploid somatic haploid identical to the parent cell

Explanation:

Meiosis II occurs after meiosis I. In meiosis I, homologous chromosomes separate, reducing the chromosome number by half (from diploid to haploid). Meiosis II is similar to mitosis in that sister chromatids separate. But the starting cells for meiosis II are haploid (due to meiosis I), so the resulting cells from meiosis II are also haploid. Mitosis starts with diploid somatic cells (in most cases in animals) and produces diploid cells identical to the parent cell. So the key difference in outcome (in terms of ploidy) is that meiosis II - produced cells are haploid.

Answer:

Haploid