Cell Division Basics

What type of genetic material is exchanged during conjugation in prokaryotes?

• pilus

• plasmid

• genophore

• chromosome

When DNA is wrapped around _____, the structure that is formed is called a _____. 

• phosphate groups, chromatin
• chromosomes, centromere
• histone proteins, nucleosome
• histone proteins, chromosome

One duplicated chromosome contains two _____. 

• nucleosomes
• kinetochores
• histone proteins
• sister chromatids

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

What structures are condensed DNA that are visible in the cell with a microscope?

• nucleoid
• chromatin
• chromatid
• chromosome

Where in the cell can chromatin be found?

• nucleus
• ribosome
• cytoplasm
• cell membrane

The centromere is surrounded by a protein called a _____. 

• kinetochore
• microtubule
• spindle fibers
• spindle microtubules

How do prokaryotes reproduce asexually?

• replication
• binary fission
• conjugation
• septum formation

At the tips of each chromatid, there is region called the _____. 

• p arm
• telomere
• microtubule
• centromere

Any time a cell divides it's cytoplasm, it is called _____.

• mitosis

• binary fission

• cytokinesis

• nuclear division

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Before dividing into two identical cells, all cells must first _____.

• separate the p arm from the q arm

• make a copy of their DNA

• condense their DNA into chromosomes

• exchange plasmids

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