Mitosis Quiz

What is the main purpose of mitosis?

• To carry out daily cell functions

• To repair damaged cells

• To control cell growth

• To produce sperm and egg cells

What is the result of mitosis?

• Non-functional cells

• Smaller cells

• Different cells

• Identical cells

What is the stage in which chromosomes are visible and condensing?

• Prophase

• Telophase

• Anaphase

• Metaphase

What is the stage in which chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?

• Telophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Prophase

What is the function of spindles in mitosis?

• To store genetic information

• To help move the chromosomes

• To hold the chromosomes in place

• To produce energy for the cell

What is the final stage of mitosis?

• Prophase

• Anaphase

• Metaphase

• Telophase

What is the process responsible for the final separation into two cells?

• Cytokinesis

• Meiosis

• Interphase

• Differentiation

What is the main difference between mitosis and meiosis?

• Mitosis is a long process, meiosis is a short process

• Mitosis makes identical cells, meiosis makes different cells

• Mitosis produces sperm and egg cells, meiosis produces body cells

• Mitosis occurs in plants, meiosis occurs in animals

What is the function of chromosomes in mitosis?

• To store energy for the cell

• To regulate cell growth

• To organize DNA into condensed units

• To produce proteins for the cell

What is the stage in which the chromosomes move away to opposite sides of the cell?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase