The Cell Cycle & DNA

The cell spends most of its life in this phase.

• anaphase
• prophase
• interphase
• telophase

How many phases of mitosis are there?

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

Mitosis is the division of the _____.

• cytoplasm
• cell
• centrioles
• nucleus

Chromatid pairs line up in the middle of the cell during _____.

• telophase
• metaphase
• prophase
• anaphase

The new daughter cells have half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

• True
• False

Humans have 46 chromosomes in their body cells.

• True
• False

A chromosome is a structure in the nucleus made of

• DNA
• protein
• both DNA & protein
• neither DNA nor protein

Which structures below pull the chromatid pairs apart during anaphase?

• centrioles
• centromeres
• cells
• chromosomes

During prophase the chromatid pairs become visible in an X shape connected by which structure?

• centrioles
• centromeres
• cells
• chromosomes

Strawberry plants & crabgrass sometimes reproduce asexually using...

• regeneration
• binary fission
• runners
• budding