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VCS Biology _Unit 3_Mitosis vs Meiosis

Authored by Susan Zona

Biology

9th - 12th Grade

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VCS Biology _Unit 3_Mitosis vs Meiosis
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Why don't cells just stretch when you grow, instead of making copies of themselves?

The muscles in the cells can't stretch that far.
The cell won't be able to bring in food fast enough or get waste out fast enough.
The cell membrane doesn't like the feeling of stretching.
The lysosomes don't want to work so hard.

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What is the purpose of Mitosis?

Growth and development of an organism and repair of damaged tissue

To help the body get rid of extra cells

To make new haploid cells

To get rid of the nucleus

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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When a skin cell divides, each daughter cell contains organelles, including a nucleus. The nucleus contains a certain number of chromosomes. What would be the best statement about the number of chromosomes in a daughter cell in your skin?

Each daughter cell has the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell

 

Each daughter cell has half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell

  Each daughter cell has twice the number of chromosomes as the parent cell

   

Each daughter cell has four times the number of chromosomes as the parent cell

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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How would you describe the two resulting cells after mitosis?

Different from the starting cell and identical to each other.

Different from the starting cell and different from each other.

Identical to the starting cell and different from each other.

Identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

A cell has 10 chromosomes. It undergoes mitosis. How many chromosomes will each of the new cells have?

5

10

15

20

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What process does a multi-cellular organism use to replace its damaged body cells?

mitosis
meiosis
replication
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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John and Lauren are conducting an experiment on the cell cycle. A diagram of the cell cycle is shown below.

In their experiment they treated a cell with chemicals that blocked the (S) Synthesis phase.  What would most likely be the immediate result of John and Lauren’s experiment?

The DNA would not replicate

 

 

Cell division would not occur

The cell would not grow to mature size

Damaged DNA could be passed on to daughter cells

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