Mitosis Quiz

What is Mitosis?

• A type of cancer

• Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

• The division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells

• Copying process by which a cell duplicates its DNA

During which phase of mitosis are the chromosomes pulled APART to opposite side of the cell?

• Anaphase

• Telophase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

What is the role of spindle fibers during mitosis?

• They replicate the cell's DNA

• They move the chromosomes during cell division

• They code for a specific factor that inhibits the cell cycle

• They cause programmed cell death

What is the function of the p53 gene?

• It promotes cell division and kills cells

• It is a type of tumor

• It codes for a specific factor that inhibits (slows) the cell cycle

• It is a structure that moves the chromosomes during cell division

What is a centromere?

• The final stage of the cell cycle

• The structure that duplicates DNA

• The region of the chromosome that holds the two sister chromatids together during mitosis

• A protein that stops cell division and kills cells

What is cancer?

• A stage of interphase in cell growth

• A disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth

• A structure within the chromosome

• A process of copying DNA

What is apoptosis?

• The process of cell division

• The spread of cancer cells from one part of the body to another

• A programmed cell death

• The duplication of DNA

During which portion of interphase is the DNA replicated and synthesized?

• G1 Phase

• S Phase

• G2 Phase

• Metaphase

The chromosomes line up in the MIDDLE (center) of the cell during which phase?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

Define cancer.

• Uncontrolled cell growth

• Organized division of cells

• Unification of two chromosomes

• Replication of DNA