Division

Each daughter cell ends up with the ____ number of _______ as the ________.

• chromosomes, parent cel, same

• parent cell, same, chromosomes

• same, daughter cell, chromosomes

• same, chromosomes, parent cell

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Why do cells divide?

• All of the above

• To repair

• To replace

• To copy and divide

The period of time from one cell division to the next is known as the cell cycle.

• True

• False

The phase that occurs before mitosis is known as ...

• prophase

• interphase

• metaphase

• cytokinesis

The process by which a nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei is known as ....

• Cell division

• Cytokinesis

• Mitosis

• Cancer

The phase where sister chromatids line up in the middle of the cell is known as...

• telophase

• metaphase

• prophase

• anaphase

The phase where sister chromatids separate and begin to move away from each other to opposite ends of the cell is known as ....

• prophase

• interphase

• cytokinesis

• anaphase

The last phase in mitosis is known as...

• telophase

• cytokinesis

• interphase

• metaphase

The phase where the cell membrane moves inward to create two daughter cells with their own nucleus and identical chromosomes is known as....

• prophase

• intephase

• metaphase

• cytokinesis

if the parent cell has 12 chromosomes, how many chromosomes does each daughter cell have after mitosis?

• 6

• 12

• 24

• 46