Cell Cycle Quiz Review

True or False: Eukaryotic cells divide using mitosis.

• True

• False

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Cells spend most of their time in ____________ because they need time to grow and perform their functions.

• mitosis

• interphase

• cytokinesis

Which hotspots show stages of interphase? Choose two.

Which stage of the human life cycle is most similar to cytokinesis in the cell cycle?

• early childhood

• childbirth

• pregnancy

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True or False: Sister chromatids are identical so that each new daughter cell receives the same DNA.

• True

• False

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Label the diagram of the chromosome using the following words:

DNA

centromere

sister chromatids

a

b

c

sister chromatids

DNA

centromere

What word describes the disease that occurs when cells divide too quickly?

• binary fission

• cancer

• cytokinesis

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Match each definition to the correct vocabulary word.

• cell division

• division of a cell's nucleus

• mitosis

• structure made of proteins and DNA that keeps DNA organized

• chromosome

• a stage in the cell cycle when the cell checks for damaged DNA

• checkpoint

• the process a cell uses to split into 2 cells

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Match the picture to the stage of mitosis.

• anaphase

• 
• cytokinesis

• 
• metaphase

• 
• telophase

• 
• prophase

• 

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