What is the objective of mitosis?
what mechanism(s) in mitosis allow this to occur?
what is the objective of meiosis?
what mechanism(s) in meiosis allow this to occur?
what stages do these processes have in common?
what stages are found in meiosis that are not found in mitosis?
how does the end result of mitosis compare to the end result of meiosis?

1. the energy lost to disorder metabolism     -entropy

2. related to or possessing motion potential     -kinetic

3. all of the chemical reactions in an organism required for maintenance of the processes of life entropy     -metabolism

4. possible; ability to go into action or perform work kinetic     -potential

5. the study of energy and its transformations thermodynamics     -thermodynamics

when it is at an intermediate population density