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Mitosis Quiz 17 04 2015

The document is a mitosis quiz containing multiple choice, true/false, and matching questions about the stages of mitosis and cell division. It tests knowledge about the key events that occur during each phase of mitosis including chromosome condensation, nuclear envelope breakdown, spindle fiber formation, centromere attachment, chromosome movement, nuclear envelope reformation, and cytokinesis. The document provides definitions and descriptions to help students learn about the cell cycle and mitotic processes.

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Mitosis Quiz 17 04 2015

The document is a mitosis quiz containing multiple choice, true/false, and matching questions about the stages of mitosis and cell division. It tests knowledge about the key events that occur during each phase of mitosis including chromosome condensation, nuclear envelope breakdown, spindle fiber formation, centromere attachment, chromosome movement, nuclear envelope reformation, and cytokinesis. The document provides definitions and descriptions to help students learn about the cell cycle and mitotic processes.

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Mitosis Quiz

Multiple Choice
1. Chromosomes are ____.
a. genetic material
b. in all living organisms

c. condensed chromatin
d. all of the above

2. The period of cell division is called ______.


a. interphase
b. cytokinesis

c. mitosis
d. protoplasm

3. Mitosis has _____ phases.


a. one
b. two

c. three
d. four

4. The process where the cytoplasm divides is called ______.


a. anaphase
c. cytokinesis
b. telophase
d. prophase
5. The first three phases of the cell cycle are called ____.
a. mitosis
c. interphase
b. anaphase
d. synthesis phase
6. Cell structures made of individual microtubule fibers that are involved in moving
chromosomes during cell division are called _____.
a. centrioles
c. spindles
b. fertilizers
d. chromatids
7. Which of the following does NOT play a role in cytokinesis?
a. cell membrane
c. cell plate
b. golgi apparatus
d. cell wall
8. Which of the following shows the correct sequence of the cell cycle?
a. CMG1SG2
c. G1SG2MC
b. SG1G2MC
d. none of the above
Hannah Cole

9. Sister chromatids are ____.


a. dense patches within the
nucleus
b. bacterial chromosomes
10. Cell division is vital for ____.
a. development, multiplication and
growth
b. growth, development and
repair

c. joined strands of duplicated


genetic material
d. prokaryotic nuclei

c. growth, delivery and repair


d. multiplication, height and
health

11. The three cell cycle regulators are ____.


a. cell nutritional state, cell wall
and cell size
b. cell size, cell membrane and
golgi apparatus

c. cell nutritional state, cell size


and chromosomes
d. growth factors, cell
nutritional state and cell size

12. Mitosis only occurs in eukaryotes because ____.


a. prokaryotes do not have a
membrane-bound nucleus
containing chromosomes
b. they are multicellular,
prokaryotes are not

c. eukaryotes have DNA whereas


prokaryotes do not
d. prokaryotes only have half the
chromosomes required for
mitosis

13. The two main phases of the cell cycle are _____.
a. interphase and telophase
b. interphase and prophase

c. prophase and cytokinesis


d. mitosis and interphase

14. The structures which form spindle fibres are _____.


a. centromeres
b. centrioles

c. centrodes
d. kinetochores

15. Prokaryotes reproduce by _____.


a. meiosis
b. mitosis

c. binary fission
d. bacterial reproduction

Hannah Cole

True / False
1. Chromosomes are the genetic material, which is passed on from one generation to the next.
True. In somatic cells the chromosomes are identical to the single parent cell, in sex cells the second generation
gets half its chromosomes from each parent sex cell.

2. A cell plate forms in cytokinesis in plant cells.


True. In the centre of the cell and this divides the cytoplasm.

3. Cells are the basic units of life.


True. All living things are made of cells.

4. The first stage a newly formed cell enters is interphase.


True. This is when a cell gathers its nutrients for later cell division.

5. Cell spends most of their life in prophase.


False. Cells spend most of their life in Interphase.

6. Interphase is the division period of the cell cycle.


False. Mitosis is the division period.

Hannah Cole

Matching
Select the answer for the questions from the following list:
a. interphase
c. metaphase
b. prophase
d. anaphase

e. telophase
f. cytokinesis

1. Spindle fibres disappear during Telophase


2. The nucleolus begins to disintegrate in Prophase
3. The centromeres split during Anaphase
4. Chromatids separate at the beginning of Anaphase
5. Spindle fibres begin to form in Prophase
6. The nuclear membrane/envelope reforms during Telophase
7. The chromosomes move toward the cells equator during Metaphase
8. A chromatid from each pair is pulled to each pole during Anaphase
9. The cell grows rapidly throughout Interphase
10. Spindle fibers become attached to the centromeres of each chromosome in Metaphase /
Prophase
11. DNA replication occurs during Interphase (Synthesis)
12. A cleavage furrow develops during Telophase
13. The chromatin becomes thicker and shorter in Prophase

Hannah Cole

14. A cell plate completely divides a plant cell during Cytokinesis


15. The spindle fibres contract in Anaphase
16. Chromosomes de-condense (becoming thinner and longer) during Telophase
17. Centrioles move to opposite poles within the cell during Prophase

Hannah Cole

Key Processes that Occur at Each Mitosis Phase


Interphase
Cell gathers nutrients
All cells begin at Interphase
Prophase
Chromosomes condense (shorter, thicker)
Centrioles move to opposite poles
Spindle fibres begin to form
Nuclear membrane disappears
Metaphase
Centromeres attach to spindle fibres
Alignment at equator (of the poles)
Anaphase
Spindle fibres contract
Centromeres split
Chromosomes pulled to poles
Telophase
Nuclear membrane re-forms
Cleavage furrow forms
Spindle fibres disappear
Chromosomes de-condense (longer, thinner)

Hannah Cole

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