LE: Mitosis and Meiosis

Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...

• 16 chromosomes.
• 46 chromosomes.
• 8 chromosomes.
• 4 chromosomes.

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The process by which the nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells

• mitosis
• cancer
• spindle
• centromere

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Structure (a) is a ____.

• chromosome
• chromatid
• centromere

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Name the phase:

• Anaphase
• Telophase
• Metaphase
• Prophase

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Name the phase:

• Prophase
• Metaphase
• Anaphase
• Telophase

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Name the phase:

• Prophase
• Metaphase
• Anaphase
• Telophase

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Why would it be important to replicate DNA before a cell divides in mitosis or meiosis?

• In order for genetic information to be transferred into daughter cells.
• In order for the cell to be able to increase in size.
• In order for the DNA to be contained in the nucleus.
• In order for the cell to re-order the DNA sequencing in the new cells.

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In mitosis, the two resulting cells are

• different from the starting cell and identical to each other.
• different from the starting cell and different from each other.
• identical to the starting cell and different from each other.
• identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.

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How many chromosomes do humans have?

• 46
• 21
• 10

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The time between cell divisions in the life cycle of the cell is called

• anaphase
• interphase
• prophase
• metaphase