Mitosis Quiz

What happens to the nuclear envelope during prophase of mitosis?

• It reforms

• It disintegrates

• It duplicates

• It moves to the poles

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

During which phase of mitosis do chromosomes align on the equator of the cell?

• Anaphase

• Telophase

• Metaphase

• Prophase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

What is the main event that occurs during anaphase?

• Chromosomes decondense

• Nuclear envelope reforms

• Microtubules shorten, moving chromosomes to opposite poles

• Spindle apparatus begins to form

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

In plant cells, how is cytokinesis different from that in animal cells?

• A cell plate forms

• A cleavage furrow forms

• Chromosomes decondense

• The spindle apparatus disassembles

What reappears during telophase?

• Nucleolus

• Condensed chromosomes

• Cleavage furrow

• Spindle apparatus

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Which phase of the cell cycle is when the cell grows and performs normal functions of a cell?

• S phase

• G1 phase

• M phase

• G2 phase

Which term describes the unorganized DNA and proteins that make up a cell's genetic material?

• chromosomes

• chromatin

• centromere

• centriole

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Which term describes the network of microtubules that attach to chromosomes and pull them apart?

• spindle apparatus

• chromatin

• nucleolus

• nuclear envelope

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Which phase is the first in mitosis?

• telophase

• metaphase

• anaphase

• prophase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

What phase of mitosis is pictured here?

• anaphase

• telophase

• metaphase

• prophase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4