Cell Cycle and Mitosis Quiz

True or False? Interphase is part of mitosis.

• True

• False

Which event occurs during interphase?

• the cell grows

• centrioles appear

Which of the following is a correct statement about the events of the cell cycle?

• The cell grows during gap phases and DNA replicates during 'S' phase.

• During G1 and G2 (also known as 'gap' phases) the cell is doing the following: growing and developing, sustaining life in the cell, and preparing for cell division.

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Give one way that meiosis can lead to variation and explain how it occurs.

• "crossing-over" of genetic information between chromosomes

• natural selection

Which statement is true regarding mitosis?

• 2 cells are made from one cell

• daughter cells have 1/2 of the original DNA

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A human skin cell contains 46 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are present in the daughter cells after mitosis?

• 46

• 23

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To make new cells, humans undergo a process of cell division called meiosis. Before a cell goes through cell division (meiosis), which process must be carried out by the genetic material?

• replication

• nondisjunction

An ape’s skin cell has 48 chromosomes. After mitosis, how many chromosomes will be in the daughter cells?

• 48

• 46

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When during the cell cycle are chromosomes visible?

• Only during cell division

• Only during telophase

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Daughter cells from mitosis are identical

• True

• False

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