The process that occurs the same number of times in both mitosis and meiosis is "The chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell."
In both mitosis and meiosis, chromosomes are segregated to opposite poles of the cell during the anaphase stage. However, it's important to note that while this specific event occurs both in mitosis and in the stages of meiosis (specifically, during anaphase I and anaphase II), the overall processes and outcomes differ significantly between the two types of cell division.
To clarify the other options:
- The cell splits into two equal-size halves occurs in mitosis (once) but only happens in the second division of meiosis (meiosis II).
- The DNA in chromosomes is copied only occurs during the S phase of the cell cycle before mitosis and meiosis, which is not a part of either division.
- The cytoplasm is divided evenly among cells occurs in mitosis (once) and during cytokinesis in meiosis (after both meiosis I and meiosis II), but it does not occur the same number of times in both processes.
Thus, the movement of chromosomes to opposite ends is the most applicable process that occurs similarly in both mitosis and meiosis.