Mitosis Quiz

What is Mitosis?

• A type of cancer

• Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

• The division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells

• Copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA

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During which phase of mitosis are the chromosomes pulled APART to opposite side of the cell?

• Anaphase

• Telophase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

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What is the role of spindle fibers during mitosis?

• They replicate the cell's DNA

• They move the chromosomes during cell division

• They code for a specific factor that inhibits the cell cycle

• They cause programmed cell death

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What is cancer?

• A stage of interphase in cell growth

• A disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth

• A structure within the chromosome

• A process of copying DNA

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The chromosomes line up in the MIDDLE (center) of the cell during which phase?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

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Define cancer.

• Uncontrolled cell growth

• Organized division of cells

• Unification of two chromosomes

• Replication of DNA

What is the result of cell division?

• Two identical daughter cells

• Two fried eggs

• A broken cell

• A doubled nucleus

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What is the correct order for the phases of mitosis?

• Prophase, Anaphase, Telophase, Metaphase

• Anaphase, Telophase, Prophase, Metaphase

• Telophase, Anaphase, Prophase, Metaphase

• Prophase,

  Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

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Which phase does the cell grow and develop?

• Prophase

• Interphase

• Cytokinesis

• Metaphase

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Which stage of Mitosis is being shown and described:

The nucleus begins to disappear and chromosomes form.

• Telophase

• Anaphase

• Prophase

• Interphase

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