The Cell Cycle Review

An armadillo has 64 chromosomes in its cells. After an armadillo cell undergoes mitosis, how many chromosomes does each daughter cell have?

• 64

• 10

• 16

• 128

A student observed different stages of the cell cycle under a microscope. A set of cells were identified as being in prophase. What was being observed?

• duplicated chromosomes becoming visible and a spindle begins to form

• the chromosomes moving along spindle fibers to opposite ends of the cell

• the centromeres lining up across the center of the cell

• the cytoplasm dividing

Which of the following is a correct statement about the events of the cell cycle?

• The cell cycle is not important for living organisms.

• The cell is in M phase for the longest amount of time.

• Interphase consists of the G1, S, and G2 phases

• Cells duplicate all of the time.

Which of the following represents the phases of mitosis in the correct order?

• interphase, prophase, metaphase, telophase

• cytokinesis, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

• prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, interphase

• prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up along the middle of the cell?

• telophase

• prophase

• metaphase

• anaphase

True or False: Mitosis produces genetically identical cells.

• True

• False

Mitosis produces ___________ cells.

• sperm

• egg

• body

Where do cells spend most of their life in the cell cycle?

• Anaphase

• Prophase

• Interphase

• Cytokinesis

What in the cell holds our genetic information?

• endoplasmic reticulum

• nucleus

• golgi apparatus

• cytoplasm

Humans have how many chromosomes in each of their somatic cells?

• 23

• 144

• 46

• 21