AP Biology Cell Cycle

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Science
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12th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What important event happens during the S-phase of the cell cycle?
The mitotic spindle forms
The nuclear membrane breaks down
DNA replication
Sister chromatids separate
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following describes anaphase?
Chromatin condenses into chromosomes, and the nuclear membrane is broken down
Sister chromatids are separated and kinetochores begin pulling chromosomes to opposite poles
Spindle fibers attach to centromeres and begin moving sister chromatids towards the cell's equator
Chromosomes decondense and two nuclei form within the cell
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which phase of the cell cycle does the cell spend the greatest amount of time in?
S phase
Interphase
M-phase
Cytokinesis
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Mutations in genes that regulate the cell cycle will most likely lead to what disease?
Cancer
Apoptosis
Meiosis
Diabetes
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A(n) _____ is a stage in the eukaryotic cell cycle at which the cell examines internal and external cues and "decides" whether or not to move forward with division.
checkpoint
chromosome
interphase
tumor
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-4
6.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The cell cycle has built in checkpoints that monitor the cell cycle and can stop it if something goes wrong:
near the end of the (a) stage of interphase , a checkpoint monitors for DNA damage and can stop the cycle before entering the (b) stage of interphase
G1
S
G2
7.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Different cyclin/CDK combinations control different activities at different stages of the cell cycle:
In (a) of (b) , the combination signals nuclear division to start
prophase
metaphase
anaphase
telophase
mitosis
cytokinesis
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS1-4
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