Chapter 10

LS- Chapter 10

Genetics

Multiple Choice

1. What is a daughter cell?

• A cell that has split

• a type of reproduction that involves special cells called sex cells.

• a fertilized egg.

• Two cells which have gone through mitosis and are now in the cytokensis stage

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Why is cell division simpler in prokaryotes than in eukaryotes?

Multiple Choice

cell division

• a structure made of DNA and protein in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell.

• the stage of the cell cycle that occurs between cell divisions.

• the formation of new organisms of the same species.

• the process of one cell dividing into two daughter cells.

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a structure made of ___ and ___in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell.

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What is the longest stage of the cell cycle?

• Prophase

• Interphase

• Mitosis

• anaphase

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What is the shortest stage of the cell cycle?

• Metaphase

• Cytokensis

• Telephase

• Anaphase

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7. The end result of mitosis and cytokinesis is the ___ ____ cells are created

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The first clue that mitosis has begun is the the _______ doubles.

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The first clue that mitosis has begun is the the _______ doubles.

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_____ is the process of cell reproduction

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Made up of protein and DNA, _____ contain genetic information within a eukaryotic cell.

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The continuous sequence of events from the beginning of one cell division to the next is the _____.

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During _____, the cell grows and develops.

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_____ is the process of eukaryotic nuclear division in which two nuclei with identical sets of chromosomes are formed.

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A cell whose cytoplasm and organelles divide in two is in the stage of _____.

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_____ is the process of producing offspring.

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_____ involves a single parent producing identical offspring without the aid of sex cells

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In _____, sperm and eggs unite to form new offspring.

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_____ contain half the number of parental chromosomes

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Sex cells are formed during _____, when the nucleus divides twice, forming cells with half the original chromosome number

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In the process of _____, egg and sperm cells unite.

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As cells develop they specialize in different functions, this is the result of _____.

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Which does not occur during prophase.

• The nuclear membrane breaks down.

• Chromosomes can be seen for the first time.

• Threads of spindle fibers are visible.

• Doubled chromosomes separate to opposite ends of the cell

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Mitosis

• increases the number of cells without changing genetic information

• alters the information passed down to daughter cells.

• creates four daughter cells containing half the number of original chromosomes

• is the stage where cells grow and develop.

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There are 38 chromosomes in the liver cells of a cat. The sperm of male cat would contain ___ chromosomes.

• 38

• 19

• 24

• 56

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A fertilized egg

• contains only half the number of parental chromosomes.

• divides into new cells by mitosis.

• divides into new cells by meiosis.

• cannot undergo cell divisions.