Mitosis

Open Ended

How do you think mitosis helps your body recover from injuries, such as a cut on your finger?

Multiple Choice

Why is it important for cells to make copies of themselves through mitosis?

• To help the body grow and heal

• To produce energy

• To remove waste from the body

• To digest food

Multiple Choice

Why do cells need to divide as you grow older?

• To make you bigger by creating more cells

• To change your hair color

• To make you shorter

• To help you sleep better

Multiple Choice

If a skin cell does mitosis, what will the two new cells be?

• One skin cell and one bone cell

• Two brand new skin cells

• One very large skin cell

• Four small blood cells

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements about DNA and mitosis are correct?

• DNA must be copied before mitosis begins

• Each new cell gets a copy of DNA

• DNA is not important for cell division

• DNA tells the cell how to work

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Open Ended

Describe what happens to chromosomes during prophase and metaphase in mitosis.

Open Ended

Explain the difference between Anaphase and Telophase in mitosis.

Multiple Choice

Which stage of mitosis involves chromosomes being pulled apart to opposite sides of the cell?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

Multiple Choice

Arrange the stages of mitosis in the correct order: Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis.

• Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis

• Metaphase, Prophase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis

• Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis

• Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase, Cytokinesis

Multiple Choice

During which stage of mitosis does the cell membrane pinch all the way through, resulting in two separate cells?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Telophase

• Cytokinesis

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Match

Match each mitosis word to its correct definition: DNA, Chromosome, Daughter Cell, Mitosis.

• The instructions for the cell

• The X-shaped bundle of DNA

• The name for the new cells made

• When a cell makes a copy of itself

DNA

Chromosome

Daughter Cell

Mitosis

• DNA

• Chromosome

• Daughter Cell

• Mitosis

Open Ended

What would happen if your skin cells stopped doing mitosis?

Reorder

Which of the following are correct steps in the process of mitosis? Select all that apply.

• Chromosomes pull apart to the sides

• Chromosomes line up in the middle

• DNA turns into X-shaped chromosomes

• The cell pinches into two new cells

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