Cell Cycle & Mitosis Review

Why would it be important to replicate DNA before a cell divides in mitosis?

• To give each daughter cell a full set of DNA

• To allow the cell to increase in size

• To keep the DNA trapped in the nucleus

• To change the DNA sequence in the new cells

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In mitosis, the two daughter cells are

• different from the parent cell and identical to each other.

• identical to the parent cell and identical to each other.

• different from the parent cell and different from each other.

• identical to the parent cell and different from each other.

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The time between cell divisions in the life cycle of the cell is called

• mitosis.

• cytokinesis.

• interphase.

• prophase.

The spindle fibers grow from which structure?

• nucleus

• centrioles

• centromeres

• chromatids

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Select all of the events of interphase.

• division of the nucleus

• cytokinesis

• duplication of organelles

• growth

• DNA replication

Bacteria reproduce by

• replication.

• mitosis.

• binary fission.

• DNA synthesis.

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Identify the correct order of the phases of mitosis.

• interphase, metaphase, prophase, anaphase

• prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

• metaphase, prophase, anaphase, telophase

• telophase, interphase, metaphase, anaphase

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What are the two main parts of the eukaryotic cell cycle?

• mitosis and binary fission

• interphase and cytokinesis

• S phase and M phase

• interphase and M phase

What is a tumor?

• a group of cells that cannot control when they replicate

• a group of cells that quickly undergo apoptosis

• a group of cells that move throughout the body

• a group of cells that use binary fission

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A human skin cell contains 46 chromosomes. If it were to divide, how many chromosomes would each daughter cell have?

• 23

• 46

• 92

• 4

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