1.1. Explain the purpose of meiosis in living organisms;

1.2. During the various phases of meiosis I and II, numbers like n and 2n are used. State what the number n denotes in such notation.

1.3. Figure 1 below shows a simplified life cycle of a fern plant.

Figure 1

Identify the types of cell division taking place at the positions marked A and B on Figure 1.

1.4. Name the process taking place at the position marked C in Figure 1.