Cell Cycle and Mitosis

What occurs during S phase in interphase?

• The cell is dividing

• The cell is growing in size

• The cell is assisting other cells

• The cell is doubling its DNA

What phase of mitosis is the cell pictured in?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

In mitosis, a parent cell with 24 chromosomes will have daughter cells with how many chromosomes

• 0

• 12

• 24

• 48

What characteristic of DNA allows it to serve as a blueprint for organisms?

• The shape of the DNA

• The sequence of the nitrogen bases

• The types of sugars that make up the DNA backbone

• The number of nitrogen bases

Mitosis and cytokinesis both involve division within a cell. Mitosis specifically involves the division of...

• the cytoplasm

• the organelle funding

• the proteins produced

• the material from the nucleus

Which phase includes the steps named G_1, S, and G₂?

• Interphase

• M phase

• Interphase

• Divisiphase

The phase of mitosis where the nucleus disintegrates or disappears is...

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

Which nitrogen base will match up in a complementary strand of DNA with Guanine?

• Thymine

• Adenine

• Cytosine

• Guanine

Nucleotides are made of three parts. What are the three parts?

• sugar, lipid, nitrogen base

• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

• sugar, oxygen, lipid

• oxygen, glucose, nitrogen base

A daughter cell has DNA made of 2 strands that is made from the parent cell. Which is true of those strands?

• They are both original copies from the parent cell

• They are both new copies of the parent cell's

• One strand is new and one strand is original

• The DNA is not from the parent cell