Cell Cycle Extra Credit

What are the three steps of preparation for division during interphase?

• Cell growth, DNA synthesis, and centrosome duplication

• Cell growth, organelle duplication, and protein synthesis

• Cell growth, DNA synthesis, and cell division

• Cell growth, protein synthesis, and cytoplasm division

During which phase of the cell cycle does the cell grow physically larger and copy its organelles?

• S phase

• M phase

• G2 phase

• G1 phase

What is the process in which the nuclear DNA condenses into visible chromosomes and is pulled apart by the mitotic spindle?

• Cytokinesis

• Interphase

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

G1, S, G2 are all part of what stage of the cell cycle?

• Cytokinesis

• Interphase

• Mitosis

• Telophase

What phase of mitosis is shown in the image?

• Anaphase

• Telophase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

Which of the following is not a phase in mitosis?

• S phase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

Through a microscope, you observe chromatids aligning in the center of the cell. What phase of mitosis is this cell in?

• Telophase

• Anaphase

• Metaphase

• Prophase

Which of the following does NOT occur during mitosis?

• Condensation of the chromosomes

• Separation of sister chromatids

• Replication of the DNA

• Spindle formation

In a human diploid (2n) cell containing 46 chromosomes, mitosis results in the formation of two diploid daughter cells containing ____ chromosomes.

• 92

• 23

• 46

• 0

What phase of mitosis is shown in the image?

• Anaphase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Telophase