Cell Division Practice Quiz

What is the process called where cells are made to replace old or damaged ones?

• Cell growth

• Cell division

• Cell expansion

• Cell replacement

What is the process called where cells are made to replace old or damaged ones?

• Cell growth

• Cell division

• Cell expansion

• Cell replacement

Which of the following is the most simple process of cell multiplication?

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Binary fission

• Cytokinesis

Binary fission typically occurs in which type of organisms?

• Plants

• Animals

• Bacteria

• Fungi

During binary fission, what happens to the DNA inside the organism?

• It is reduced to half its size.

• It remains the same.

• It replicates and the cell grows to twice its normal size.

• It mutates into a new form.

What are the two identical cells called that result from mitosis?

• Sister cells

• Parent cells

• Daughter cells

• Binary cells

Which phase is considered the resting phase during the cell cycle?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Interphase

• Telophase

What triggers a cell to divide while it is in interphase?

• A reduction in size

• A genetic message

• Fusion with another cell

• Absorption of nutrients

What happens to the chromatin during prophase?

• The chromatin duplicates.

• The chromatin starts to condense.

• The chromatin forms centrioles.

• The chromatin divides into chromosomes.

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

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase