Mitosis 5th Grade

Which is a reason that cells divide?

• to reproduce

• to grow

• to help you sleep

• to give you nutrition

What's another reason cells divide?

• to get rid of waste

• to get smarter

• to change color

• to repair damage

Why are you getting taller and heavier?

• All of your cells are getting larger all the time!

• All of your cells are getting heavier and longer

• Your cells are multiplying and you have more and more

• the top of your head and the bottom of your feet make new cells

When a cell divides, it _______

• stays as one cell

• becomes two cells

• becomes three cells

• becomes four cells

8 cells will next become

• 9 cells

• 64 cells

• 24 cells

• 16 cells

Where are chromosomes found?

• In a cell's nucleus

• in the brain

• in the bones

• in a cell's membrane

You have brown eyes. How does your body "know" that? Where is this information found?

• In your eye cells

• in your brain

• in your genes, which are in your DNA

• in your arm pits

The process of a cell dividing itself is called ________

• mitosis

• division

• multiplication

• meiosis

Before a cell divides itself, what happens to the DNA?

• it is chopped in half

• It is destroyed

• It is erased

• It is copied

What happens to the nucleus membrane when the cell starts to divide?

• It gets thicker

• It disappears

• It doubles itself

• It changes color