Cell Cycle Review

Each human body cell (ex: skin cell) has how many chromosomes?

• 2
• 23
• 46
• 92

The chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell contain a genetic code known as ____.

• spindle fibers
• mitosis
• meiosis
• DNA

Why are mitosis and cell division important to living organisms?

• it allows organisms to grow
• it repairs damaged cells
• it allows some organisms to reproduce asexually
• all of the above

Most of the life of any cell is spent in which stage of the cell cycle shown below?

• interphase
• prophase
• telophase
• anaphase

The cell shown in the figure below is in which stage of the cell cycle?

• metaphase
• interphase
• anaphase
• cytokinesis

The two main stages of cell division are called ____.

• mitosis and interphase
• telophase and cytokinesis
• metaphase and anaphase
• mitosis and cytokinesis

The structures labeled "B" in the figure below are called ____.

• centromeres
• centrioles
• sister chromatids
• spindles

What is the only phase of the cell cycle that structures like the one shown below are NOT visible?

• interphase
• prophase
• metaphase
• anaphase

X-shaped structures such as the one in the figure below, that contain DNA and are found in the nucleus of cells are ____.

• centrioles
• chromosomes
• spindle fibers
• zygotes

Which of the following is a phase of mitosis?

• cytokinesis
• interphase
• anaphase
• none of the above