Quiz about The Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Question 1

Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...

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8 chromosomes.

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16 chromosomes.

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46 chromosomes.

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4 chromosomes.

Question 2

The process by which the nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells

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mitosis

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cancer

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spindle

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centromere

Question 3

Structure (b) is a ____.

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centromere

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chromosome

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chromatid

Question 4

Structure (a) is a ____.

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chromosome

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chromatid

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centromere

Question 5

Structure (c) is a ____.

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chromatid

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chromosome

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centromere

Question 6

Name the phase:

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Anaphase

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Telophase

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Metaphase

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Prophase

Question 7

Name the phase:

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Anaphase

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Telophase

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Metaphase

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Prophase

Question 8

Name the phase:

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Anaphase

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Telophase

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Metaphase

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Prophase

Question 9

What is the next phase of mitosis?

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Telophase

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Prophase

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

Question 10

What is the next phase of mitosis?

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Metaphase

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Prophase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 11

What is the next phase of mitosis?

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Anaphase

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Prophase

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Metaphase

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Telophase

Question 12

Name the phase:

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Prophase

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 13

The organelle that helps in cell division and produces spindle fibers.

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Centrosome

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Chromosome

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Cytoplasm

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Chloroplast

Question 14

The stages of mitosis in order

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Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

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Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase

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Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Telophase

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Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase, Metaphase

Question 15

In which phase does the cell spend most of it's life?

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Interphase

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Nuclear Division

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Telophase

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Mitosis

Question 16

DNA will condense into...

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Chromosomes

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Centromeres

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Nuclei

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Spindle fibers

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT occuring during interphase?

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Two new cells are made

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Cell growth

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DNA being copied

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DNA condensing

Question 18

The process by which the nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells

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mitosis

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cancer

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spindle

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centromere

Question 19

In mitosis, the two resulting cells are

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identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.

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different from the starting cell and identical to each other.

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different from the starting cell and different from each other.

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identical to the starting cell and different from each other.

Question 20

Chromosomes condense from long stands into rod like structures.

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Prophase

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Interphase

Question 21

Cytokinesis is the process of

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Division of cytoplasm as cells split in two.

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Cells replicating DNA during mitosis in preparation to divide.

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How a cell and its chromosomal DNA reproduce

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Chromosomes linking with spindle fibers at their centromere as it is sequestered to the middle of the cell.

Question 22

What phase do the chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?

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Metaphase

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Prophase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 23

What phase of mitosis does the nuclear membrane beginning to reappear, and the cell begins to pinch together, and chromosomes unravel?

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Telophase

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Prophase

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

Question 24

What is a series of events a cell goes through as they grow and divide?

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Cell Cycle

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Cell Division

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Cytokinesis

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Mitosis

Question 25

What is the longest stage of the cell cycle called?

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Interphase

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Cytokinesis

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M phase

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G1 Phase

Question 26

During what stage does the G₁, S and G₂ phases happen?

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Interphase

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M phase

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Mitosis

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Cytokinesis

Question 27

During which stage of the cell cycle does mitosis and cytokinesis occur?

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M phase

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Interphase

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S phase

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G1 phase

Question 28

During what phase of the cell cycle does cell division occur?

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M phase

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Interphase

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S phase

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G2 phase

Question 29

During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?

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S phase

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G1 phase

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G2 phase

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M phase

Question 30

During what phase of the cell cycle does the cell prepare for mitosis?

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G2 phase

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G1 phase

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S phase

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M phase

Question 31

How many stages are in mitosis?

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4

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1

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2

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3

Question 32

Why would it be important to replicate DNA before a cell divides in mitosis or meiosis?

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In order for genetic information to be transferred into daughter cells.

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In order for the cell to be able to increase in size.

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In order for the DNA to be contained in the nucleus.

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In order for the cell to re-order the DNA sequencing in the new cells.

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