How does meiosis differ from meiosis 2?

meiosis 1 there is a duplicate of the parents chromosomes, and in meiosis 2 it is cut in half.

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their both different because m2 has 4 daughter cells but m1 has 2 daughter cells

meiosis 1 produces 2 cellsmeiosis 2 produces 4 cells(:

I am not positive but i am pretty sure it is to make it easier to look at.