When a cell divides by meiosis it produces ______ new cells. 

The correct answer is 4.

Key Points

• Meiosis is a manner wherein a single cell divides two times to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic statistics. 
• The chromosome pairs line up subsequent to every difference along the middle (equator) of the mobile.
• Meiosis produces 4 haploid cells.  Mitosis produces 2 diploid cells. 

Additional Information

• The motive of meiosis is to supply gametes or intercourse cells.
• Meiosis takes place within the testes and ovaries of men and women, respectively, inside the primordial germ cells.
• The manner of meiosis become first defined in the mid-1870s by Oscar Hertwig.