How can you tell the cell in question 8 is undergoing meiosis, not mitosis?

This cell must be undergoing meiosis because homologous chromosomes are associated with each other at the metaphase plate which this does not occur in mitosis. During mitosis, a eukaryotic cell undergoes a carefully coordinated nuclear division that results in the formation of two genetically identical daughter cells.

Cell division is important to single celled organisms because it allows the cells to reproduce. through cell division, cells make exact copies of themselves. when single celled organisms go through cell division, they make exact copies of themselves which is how they reproduce.