Quiz about Biology: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Question 1

During which stage of the cell cycle does mitosis and cytokinesis occur?

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M phase

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Interphase

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S phase

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G1 phase

Question 2

During what phase of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?

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S phase

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G1 phase

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G2 phase

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M phase

Question 3

Put the following stages of mitosis in order: anaphase, prophase, metaphase, and telophase.

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prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

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prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase

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prophase, anaphase, metaphase, telophase

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prophase, telophase, metaphase, anaphase

Question 4

What is the longest stage of the cell cycle called?

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Interphase

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Cytokinesis

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M phase

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G1 Phase

Question 5

Put the following stages of the cell cycle in order: G2, S, G1, M.

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G1, S, G2, M

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S, G1, G2, M

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G1, M, G2, S

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M, G1, S, G2

Question 6

Question 6.

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Interphase

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Prophase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 7

Question 7.

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Metaphase

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Cytokinesis

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Interphase

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Anaphase

Question 8

Question 8.

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Telophase

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Cytokinesis

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Anaphase

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Prophase

Question 9

Question 9.

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Anaphase

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Cytokinesis

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Telophase

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Metaphase

Question 10

Name the phase (hint, the black dots are the the nuclei already split):

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Cytokinesis

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 11

Question 11.

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Prophase

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 12

The phase in mitosis where chromosomes move away and are pulled apart by spindles to opposite sides of the cell.

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anaphase

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prophase

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metaphase

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telephase

Question 13

In mitosis, the two resulting cells are

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identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.

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different from the starting cell and identical to each other.

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different from the starting cell and different from each other.

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identical to the starting cell and different from each other.

Question 14

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

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8 chromosomes.

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16 chromosomes.

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46 chromosomes.

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4 chromosomes.

Question 15

Which of the following describes the purpose of the mitosis cell cycle?

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All of the above.

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To make more of the same cells.

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For growth and repair.

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To prevent the cell from becoming too large.

Question 16

During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up along the middle of the dividing cell?

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Metaphase

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Prophase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 17

The first phase of mitosis, when the chromosomes condense and become visible, nucleolus disappears, centrioles move to opposite ends of the nucleus, spindle fibers begin to form, is called

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Prophase

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 18

This is the phase of the cell that cells spend 90% of their time in. It is the stage of a cells like when it carries out normal cellular activities such as photosynthesis, cellular respiration and protein synthesis.

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Interphase

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

Question 19

The cytoplasm divides and two new individual cells are formed. Each contains the same number of chromosomes as the original parent cell. This step ends cell division.

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Cytokinesis

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Prophase

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

Question 20

The chromosomes are no longer visible. Two new nuclei have officially formed.

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Telophase

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Prophase

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Metaphase

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Anaphase

Question 21

The chromosomes line up across the middle of the cell, spindle fibers attach to the centromeres (middle) of the sister chromatids.

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Metaphase

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Prophase

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Anaphase

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Telophase

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