Quiz about Cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis

Question 1

What does NOT happen during interphase?

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cell divison

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growth

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DNA replication

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obtaining nutrients

Question 2

Cytokinesis is a phase of mitosis.

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False

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True

Question 3

Cells spend the majority of their lives in

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Interphase

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Mitosis

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Synthesis

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Gap 2

Question 4

In what phase of mitosis does DNA condense into visible chromosomes?

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Prophase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

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Metaphase

Question 5

I am the stage of mitosis where the sister chromatids are pulled apart.

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anaphase

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interphase

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metaphase

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telophase

Question 6

What are the phases of mitosis IN ORDER?

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Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

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Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase

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Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase

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Telophase, Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase

Question 7

DNA is replicated during ______ of the cell cycle.

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Synthesis

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Gap 1

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Gap 2

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Gap 0

Question 8

At what stage during mitosis does the nuclear envelope break up?

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Prophase

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 9

Question 9.

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Metaphase

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Cytokinesis

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Interphase

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Anaphase

Question 10

What is cytokinesis?

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The stage of the cell cycle where the rest of the cell divides after mitosis is complete.

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This is when two cells merge together to make one giant cell.

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The stage where chromosomes migrate to the opposite ends of the cell.

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The stage in which DNA condenses into chromosomes.

Question 11

What stage of interphase does DNA replication occur?

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S

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G1

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G2

Question 12

What do the blue and yellow arrows represent

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The blue arrow is interphase and the yellow is mitosis

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The blue arrow is prophase and the yellow is interphase

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The blue arrow is mitosis and the yellow arrow is meiosis

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The blue arrow is meiosis and the yellow is prophase

Question 13

Crossing over occurs during prophase I of meiosis. Which statement about crossing over is true?

Accepted Answer

Crossing over provides genetic diversity in eukaryotic cells

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RNA translation occurs in the smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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Crossing over takes place in backterial cells

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Crossing over produces genetically identical daughter cells

Question 14

What does the image demonstrate

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Crossing over

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Punnet squares

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Metaphase

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Dna replication

Question 15

During prophase I crossing over occurs and genetic material is exchanged between homologous chromosomes. How is this important

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Increases genetic variation

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Reduces the diploid number to the haploid number

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Increases the haploid number to the diploid number

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Reduces the probability of mutations

Question 16

In mitosis, one parent cell -

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Forms two identical daughter cells

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Forms four identical daughter cells

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Forms two genetically diverse daughter cells

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Forms four genetically diverse daughter cells

Question 17

G1, S, and G2 are all phases of

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Interphase

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Mitosis

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Meiosis

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Prophase

Question 18

During interphase

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DNA gets copied

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DNA lines up in the middle of the cell and DNA attaches to spindle fibers

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2 new nuclei form

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2 new identical cells are created

Question 19

During prophase

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centrioles and spindle fibers appear

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DNA lines up in the middle of the cell and DNA attaches to spindle fibers

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2 new identical cells are created

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DNA gets copied

Question 20

During metaphase

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DNA lines up in the middle of the cell and DNA attaches to spindle fibers

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centrioles and spindle fibers appear

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2 new identical cells are created

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DNA gets copied

Question 21

During anaphase

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Each DNA gets pull to the opposite sides of the cell

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DNA lines up in the middle of the cell and DNA attaches to spindle fibers

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centrioles and spindle fibers appear

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DNA gets copied

Question 22

During telophase

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2 new nuclei form

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DNA lines up in the middle of the cell and DNA attaches to spindle fibers

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centrioles and spindle fibers appear

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Each DNA gets pull to the opposite sides of the cell

Question 23

During cytokinesis

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Cell membrane pinches to make 2 new identical daughter cells

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DNA lines up in the middle of the cell and DNA attaches to spindle fibers

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Each DNA gets pull to the opposite sides of the cell

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2 new nuclei form

Question 24

Why is DNA important

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it provides the instructions/blueprint for a cell

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it makes energy

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it stores wastes

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it is responsible for making food

Question 25

The end of meiosis results in _______ to each other.

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4 cells that are genetically unique

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2 cells that are genetically identical

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4 cells that are genetically identical

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2 cells that are genetically unique

Question 26

The ___________ pulls the sister chromatids apart during mitosis or meiosis 2

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spindle fibres

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kinetochore

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cell plate

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centromere

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