Unit 3/Unit 4 Review

What is this phase of Mitosis?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

What is this phase of Mitosis?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

What is this phase of mitosis?

• Prophase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

• Metaphase

In which phase does the cell spend most of it's life?

• Interphase
• Nuclear Division
• Telophase
• Mitosis

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

• In order for genetic information to be transferred into daughter cells.
• In order for the cell to be able to increase in size.
• In order for the DNA to be contained in the nucleus.
• In order for the cell to re-order the DNA sequencing in the new cells.

Structure A refers to the _____.

• chromatid
• chromosome
• centromere

Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have -

• 16 chromosomes.
• 46 chromosomes.
• 8 chromosomes.
• 4 chromosomes.

Before a cell can divide, what must happen?

• Nothing, it is always ready to divide
• The number of chromosomes must be cut in half
• The number of chromosomes must double
• The number of chromosomes must triple.

Which sequence of DNA bases would pair with this partial strand
CAT TCA CTG

• ATG TGA CAG
• TAC ACT GTC
• GTA AGT GAC
• CAT TCA CTG

The enzyme that unwinds the DNA to prepare for replication

• helicase
• replicase
• polymerase
• synthase