Most prokaryotic organisms reproduce mainly by the process of

• regeneration

• binary fission

• budding

• production of spores

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Sister chromatids are

• found only when a cell is not actively dividing

• tightly linked together at the centromere

• formed when chromatids separated during cell division

• made only of DNA

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When a eukaryotic cell is not dividing, its genetic material can be found in the form of very long thin fibers called

• chromatin

• chromosomes

• the nucleolus

• RNA

During prophase of mitosis, each chromosome of a eukaryotic cell consists of a pair of identical structures called

• chromatid

• sister chromosomes

• DNA transcript

• sister chromatids

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Eukaryotic cells spend most of their cell cycle in which phase?

• interphase

• prophase

• metaphase

• anaphase

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The process by which the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell divides to produce two cells is called

• mitosis

• cytokinesis

• binary fission

• telophase

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If the S-phase was eliminated from the cell cycle, the daughter cell would

• have half the genetic material found in the parental cell

• be genetically identical

• be genetically identical to the parent cell

• synthesize the missing genetic material on their own

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The causes of cancer may include which of the following?

• environmental influences
• UV radiation
• viruses
• all of these

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Among the following, the term that includes the others is ___.

• interphase
• nuclear division
• mitosis
• cell cycle

A chromatid is attached to a spindle fiber by the

• nucleolus
• deep furrow
• centromere
• centriole

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