Cell Cycle Test Review

Which statement is true of meiosis?

• Organisms use meiosis to grow.

• Organisms use meiosis to replace blood cells.

• Organisms use meiosis to repair damaged cells.

• Organisms use meiosis to make reproductive cells.

The diagram below shows a process that frequently occurs during meiosis.

What advantage is provided by this process?

• Daughter cells maintain the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

• Daughter cells have half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

• Daughter cells are genetically different from parent cells.

• Daughter cells are genetically identical to parent cells.

How are mitosis and meiosis similar?

• both have two cell divisions

• both require DNA replication

• both produce gametes

• both involve crossing over

During which phase of the cell cycle does most cell growth occur?

• cytokinesis

• interphase

• prophase

• mitosis

Which is MOST likely a cancer treatment?

• a drug that kills only very small cells

• a drug that kills only very large cells

• a drug that kills only slowly dividing cells

• a drug that kills only rapidly dividing cells

A student observes several slides with different cell types under a microscope.

Slide 1 Liver cell of a mouse

Slide 2 Sperm cell of a human

Slide 3 Skin cells of a human

Slide 4 Egg cells of a mouse

Which pair of slides contains cells that resulted from meiosis?

• Slide 1 and Slide 3

• Slide 2 and Slide 4

• Slide 2 and Slide 3

• Slide 1 and Slide 4

Use the diagram to answer the question that follows.

Which phase of mitosis is represented in the diagram?

• prophase

• anaphase

• metaphase

• telophase

Which factor BEST explains how many diseases, such as cancer, are formed within the body?

• A traumatic injury to the body has occurred.

• A disruption in the cell cycle has taken place.

• A response by the immune system was triggered by an allergic reaction.

• A mutation occurred during the process of crossing over.

Cell division is necessary for an organism to

• obtain nutrients.

• grow and reproduce.

• make proteins.

• conserve matter and energy.

Which process is shown in the plant cell below?

• cell growth

• cell reproduction

• metamorphosis

• photosynthesis