Cell Cycle Vocabulary Quiz

What is the cell cycle?

• The process of cell death

• The phases of mitosis, including cytokinesis and interphase

• The production of energy in cells

• The breakdown of proteins in cells

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What is a centromere?

• A type of cell membrane

• A structure in the chromosome that joins together two sister chromatids

• A protein that breaks down DNA

• A part of the cell that produces energy

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What is a chromosome?

• A type of cell wall

• A thread-like structure composed of DNA which is tightly coiled around proteins

• A liquid found in the cell

• A type of enzyme

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What are daughter cells?

• Cells that are different from the starting cell

• Cells that are identical to the starting cell and identical to one another

• Cells that are larger than the starting cell

• Cells that are smaller than the starting cell

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What is the function of the nucleus?

• To produce energy for the cell

• To store waste products

• To contain chromosomes within a membrane-bound organelle

• To break down nutrients

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What does DNA provide for a cell?

• Energy

• Instructions/blueprints

• Waste removal

• Nutrient absorption

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What is replication?

• The process of cell death

• The process by which a parent cell duplicates its DNA and splits into 2 identical daughter cells

• The process of energy production

• The process of protein synthesis

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What are sister chromatids?

• Different chromosomes in a cell

• Identical copies of a chromosome that are joined by a centromere

• Proteins that repair DNA

• Enzymes that break down DNA

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What is mitosis?

• Cell division that produces gametes

• Cell division where a cell's chromosomes are copied and divided into 2 daughter cells

• The process of cell death

• The process of energy production

What happens during interphase?

• The cell divides

• The cell is in a resting or working stage where DNA is replicated

• The cell dies

• The cell produces energy