GR8 SCI Q1L5 D Cytokinesis – Plant vs. Animal Cell

How do plant cells undergo cytokinesis?

• By forming a cleavage furrow

• By forming a cell plate between the two daughter nuclei

• By budding off new cells

• By binary fission

How do animal cells undergo cytokinesis?

• By forming a cell plate

• By forming a cleavage furrow

• By budding off new cells

• By binary fission

Fill in the blank: Plant cells undergo cytokinesis by forming a _______ between the two daughter nuclei.

• cell plate

• cleavage furrow

• spindle fiber

• nuclear pore

Fill in the blank: Animal cells undergo cytokinesis through the formation of a _______ furrow.

• cleavage

• contractile

• mitotic

• nuclear

Which stage of mitosis is characterized by the breakdown of the nuclear membrane, appearance of spindle fibers, and condensation of chromosomes?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

During which stage do spindle fibers attach to chromosomes and chromosomes align at the cell's equator?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

In which stage do centromeres divide and sister chromatids move to opposite poles?

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

What happens during telophase?

• Chromosomes condense

• Nuclear membrane reforms and chromosomes decondense

• Spindle fibers attach to chromosomes

• Centromeres divide

Fill in the blank: During cytokinesis, the cytoplasm divides and the parent cell becomes ______ daughter cells with identical genetic information.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Match the following mitosis stages to their key events:

• Chromosomes align at the cell's equator

• Sister chromatids move to opposite poles

• Sister chromatids move to opposite poles

• Nuclear membrane reforms

• Chromosomes condense

• Chromosomes align at the cell's equator

• Nuclear membrane reforms

• Chromosomes condense