Cell Division and Mitosis Quiz

The stage of the cell cycle where the cell is not dividing is called ____________________.

• Mitosis

• Interphase

• Cytokinesis

• Prophase

Your body cells have two full sets of chromosomes so we call them ______loid.

• Haploid

• Diploid

• Polyploid

• Monoploid

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Plant cells form a _______________ _______________ during cell division.

• Cleavage furrow

• Cell plate

• Spindle fiber

• Cell wall

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The stage in interphase where the DNA is synthesized is the S-phase.

• Synthesized

• Divided

• Destroyed

• Translated

After mitosis the cytoplasm divides; this process is called ________________________.

• Cytokinesis

• Meiosis

• Prophase

• Telophase

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The long, stringy, uncoiled form of DNA is called ________________________.

• Chromatin

• Chromosome

• Centromere

• Chromatid

DNA coils up before the cell divides into structures called ________________________.

• Chromosomes

• Chromatids

• Centromeres

• Chromatin

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If the parent cell has 18 chromosomes, after mitosis how many chromosomes will be present in the daughter cells?

• 9

• 18

• 36

• 27

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During which phase do chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

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In which phase does the nuclear membrane disappear and the spindle forms?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

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