sign in sign up
<<
Home , Mitosis

Quiz: Mitosis, Mitosis and comparison, and Spiraling NAME:______1. What explains why use mitosis to produce new cells for growth and repair? A. Daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent . B. Daughter cells are not able to divide again. C. Daughter cells have the same switched on as the parent cell. D. Daughter cells look identical to the parent cell.

2. Asexual in most organisms involve A. Mitosis by two parents B. Mitosis by one parent C. Binary by both parents D. Meiosis by one parent

3. Which of the following is a true statement? A. Cells prepare for Mitosis in B. During Mitosis a cell divides twice C. During the cells’ reforms

4. The offspring produced during are A. Always larger than their parents B. Always smaller than their parents C. Genetically identical to their parents D. Genetically different from their parents

5. Which event in the mitotic ensures that daughter cells are genetically identical? A. A spindle is formed. B. DNA replicates to form sister . C. The replicates. D. The nuclear envelope disappears.

6. A typical human cell contains 46 . After mitosis and , each of the two new cells formed from the original cell A. has a complete set of 46 chromosomes B. grows completely new chromosomes C. has 23 chromosomes D. None of the above

7. Mitosis is the process by which A. cells grow in size. B. a cell’s nucleus divides. C. cytokinesis occurs. D. DNA is replicated

8. Some events that occur in the mitotic cell cycle are listed below. Which row correctly matches one of these events with each stage of mitosis? 1. begin to move towards opposite poles of the cell. 2. Nuclear envelopes reform and cell divides into two 3. Chromatids are pulled to opposite poles of the cell. 4. Chromosomes line up on the midline of the cell 5. Chromosomes become condensed. 6. Nuclear envelope disappears.

Prophase Telophase A 6 4 5 1 B 5 1 6 3 C 2 5 4 6 D 6 4 3 2

9. One difference between in and cells is that plant cells have A. . B. centrioles. C. a . D. chromosomes.

10. How many new cells does Mitosis create? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

11. A cell with chromosomes lined up in the middle is most likely in which stage of Mitosis? A. Prophase B. Anaphase C. Telophase D. Metaphase

12. During mitosis, how many times does a cell divide? A. Once B. Twice C. Three times D. Four times

Directions: Use the image of the phases in mitosis to answer questions 13-15. 13. Letter D represents what phase of mitosis? A. Prophase B. Metaphase C. Anaphase D. Telophase

14. Letter A represents what phase of mitosis? A. Prophase B. Metaphase C. Anaphase D. Telophase

15. What incorrectly describes what happens during the phase labeled B. A. The nuclear envelope dissolves B. The DNA is copied C. The begin to form D. This is prophase

16. The central dogma states that genetic information flows from ______. A. DNA to to amino acids B. RNA to DNA to Proteins C. DNA to ribosomes to cells D. DNA to RNA to Proteins

17. Proteins are built in the ______. A. B. C. Mitochondria D.

18. Debbie is reading an article about research that has been newly published and may altered scientific information. If this new information is repeated and found to be true by scientist what would it change? A. Scientific Process B. Scientific Laws C. Scientific Theories

19. Mark’s main focus is the study of marine . However, for the last 6 months he is turning his attention to global warming and the melting of icebergs and sea levels rising. Which one of Earth’s sphere does he mostly study? A. Geosphere B. Hydrosphere C. Cryosphere