Quiz about Cell Cycle and DNA Review

Question 1

Which sugar is in DNA?

Accepted Answer

deoxyribose

Answer

sucrose

Answer

glucose

Answer

ribose

Question 2

What makes up the rungs (steps) of a DNA ladder?

Accepted Answer

nitrogen bases

Answer

sugars & phosphates

Answer

sugars

Answer

genes & chromosomes

Question 3

In a DNA sample, it is found that there is 36% guanine. How much thymine would be in this sample?

Accepted Answer

14%

Answer

36%

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72%

Answer

28%

Question 4

Replicate the following strand of DNA:
AATCATGGA

Accepted Answer

TTAGTACCT

Answer

AATCATGGA

Answer

UUAGUACCU

Answer

GGATAUCUA

Question 5

Nitrogenous bases are joined by which type of bond?

Accepted Answer

hydrogen bonds

Answer

polar bonds

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ionic bonds

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covalent bonds

Question 6

In a molecule of double-stranded DNA, the amount of Adenine present is always equal to the amount of which nucleotide?

Accepted Answer

thymine

Answer

cytosine

Answer

guanine

Answer

uracil

Question 7

Uncontrolled cell division results in what?

Accepted Answer

tumors/cancer

Answer

Cell growth

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Cell death

Answer

none of these

Question 8

What phase of Mitosis is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Telophase

Answer

Prophase

Answer

Metaphase

Answer

Anaphase

Question 9

What phase of Mitosis is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Prophase

Answer

Metaphase

Answer

Anaphase

Answer

Telophase

Question 10

What phase of Mitosis is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Metaphase

Answer

Prophase

Answer

Anaphase

Answer

Telophase

Question 11

What phase of Mitosis is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Anaphase

Answer

Prophase

Answer

Metaphase

Answer

Telophase

Question 12

What is the correct order of events in the Cell Cycle?

Accepted Answer

Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis

Answer

Interphase, Cytokinesis, Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase

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Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase, Cytokinesis

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Cytokinesis, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Interphase

Question 13

What stage of the Cell Cycle is labeled A?

Accepted Answer

Interphase

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M Phase

Answer

Cytokinesis

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Prophase

Question 14

What happens during the stage labeled C?

Accepted Answer

S Phase - DNA is copied

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G₂ Phase - DNA is copied

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Metaphase - chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell

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S Phase - cell makes organelles for division

Question 15

What is the most probable arrangement of chromosomes in a cell during metaphase?

Accepted Answer

b

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a

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c

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d

Answer

e

Question 16

A, B & C together make up which part of the cell cycle?

Accepted Answer

Interphase

Answer

S

Answer

Cytokinesis

Answer

Mitosis

Question 17

Differences in traits are determined by differences in the ______

Accepted Answer

the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

Answer

the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

Answer

the color of the nitrogen bases

Answer

the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

Question 18

What is the longest stage of the cell cycle called?

Accepted Answer

Interphase

Answer

Cytokinesis

Answer

M phase

Answer

G1 Phase

Question 19

What is the purpose of the cell cycle?

Accepted Answer

Growth of an organism and Repair of damaged tissue

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To help the body get rid of extra cells

Answer

To increase the amount of classwork you have to do

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To get rid of the nucleus

Question 20

What is the result of the cell cycle?

Accepted Answer

Two identical daughter cells

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Three cells

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Four daughter cells

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One clone cell

Question 21

Fruit flies have 8 chromosomes. During the S phase, the fruit fly would have -

Accepted Answer

16 chromosomes.

Answer

46 chromosomes.

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8 chromosomes.

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4 chromosomes.

Question 22

Uncontrolled cell division is called...

Accepted Answer

cancer

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cytokinesis

Answer

G1 phase

Answer

mitosis

Question 23

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

Accepted Answer

the order (sequence) of the nitrogen bases

Answer

the shape (structure) of the nitrogen bases

Answer

the color of the nitrogen bases

Answer

the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

Question 24

In what phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication take place?

Accepted Answer

S

Answer

G1

Answer

G2

Answer

M

Question 25

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

Accepted Answer

sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

Answer

sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base

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sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base

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sugar, phosphate, protein

Question 26

Cancer is a disorder that occurs when...

Accepted Answer

cells divide uncontrollably

Answer

cells destroy themselves if there is an error in the DNA

Answer

chromosomes do not detach correctly during anaphase

Answer

DNA replication does not occur

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