11.2- The Process of Cell Division

11.2- The process of cell division

Key Questions

• What is the role of chromosomes in cell division?

• What are the main events of the cell cycle?

• What happens during the phases of mitosis?

• How to daughter cells split apart after mitosis?

Multiple Choice

Genetic information is bundled in the packages of DNA known as ___________.

• chromatin

• genes

• spindle fibers

• chromosomes

Multiple Choice

The chromosomes in eukaryotic cells contain DNA tightly bound to proteins known as histones.

This complex of DNA and proteins is referred to as _________.

• chromatin

• chromosomes

• interphase

• coils

Open Ended

What other words do you know that begin with the prefix inter- that describe something that is between other things?

Multiple Choice

During the _____ _____, a cell grows, prepares for division, and then divides to form two daughter cells

• cell division

• cell cycle

• interphase cycle

• G1 stage

Multiple Choice

__________ is divided into three phases: G1, S, G2

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Interphase

• Cell Growth

• Preparing for cell division

Open Ended

What occurs during telophase that signifies the end of mitosis?

Multiple Choice

The first stage of cell division- the division of the cell nucleus- is called _______.

• Anaphase

• cytokinesis

• interphase

• mitosis

Multiple Choice

The second stage of cell division- the division of the cytoplasm- is called _______.

• cytokinesis

• mitosis

• telophase

• j

Multiple Choice

During __________, the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the duplicated chromosomes become visible.

• metaphase

• prophase

• anaphase

• telophase

Multiple Choice

Spindle fibers extend from a region called the centrosome, where tiny paired structures called ________ are located.

• centrioles

• chromosomes

• sister chromatids

• mitotic spindles

Multiple Choice

During _________ , the chromosomes, which were distinct and condensed, begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin.

• metaphase

• telophase

• prophase

• cytokinesis

Multiple Choice

During prophase, each duplicated chromosome condenses to appear as two thick strands known as sister ___________ attached at a point called the centromere.

• genes

• chromatins

• duplicates

• chromatids

Multiple Choice

During _________, the chromosomes separate and move along spindle fibers to opposite ends of the cell.

• anaphase

• prophase

• telophase

• interphase

Multiple Choice

During ________, the centromeres of the duplicated chromosomes line up across the center of the cell.

• telophase

• metaphase

• interphase

• cytokinesis