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Cell Cycle

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following explains why a cell's size is limited?
a)
a. volume increases faster than surface area
b)
b. surface area increases faster than volume
2.
As a cell grows, its ___ increases more than its ___.
a)
length, volume
b)
width, surface area
c)
volume, surface area
d)
none of these
3.
The longest phase of the cell cycle 
a)
prophase
b)
interphase
c)
metaphase
d)
mitosis
4.
Identify the phase of mitosis
a)
prophase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telophase
5.
The structures that hold together sister chromatids
a)
tissues
b)
chromosomes
c)
spindle
d)
centromeres
6.
the phase of mitosis in which the sister chromatids separate from each other
a)
prophase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telophase
7.
Which is Metaphase?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
C
d)
F
8.
Which of the following phrases best describes cytokenesis
a)
division of the cytoplasm
b)
division of the nucleus
c)
division of DNA
d)
division of surface area
9.
Which phrase best describes cancer?
a)
absence of cyclins
b)
multiple gene mutations
c)
uncontrolled cell growth
d)
precesnce of genetic defects
10.
During interphase, a cell grows, duplicates organelles, and...
a)
copies DNA
b)
divides the nucleus
c)
divides the cytoplasm
d)
produces a new cell
11.
Substage of interphase immediately after a cell divides
a)
G1 
b)
Synthesis
c)
G2
d)
Mitosis
12.
The chromosomes line up across the middle of the cell
a)
Anaphase
b)
Interphase
c)
Prophase
d)
Methaphase
13.
What phases is this?
a)
Prophase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telephase
14.
What phase is this?
a)
prophase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telephaseddddduuu
15.
What phase is this?
a)
prophase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telephase
16.
In which phase of mitosis is the cell?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
17.
Which of the following is NOT a phase of mitosis?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Interphase
18.
When DNA is tightly coiled (during mitosis) it is called (a):
a)
Chromatin
b)
Chromosome
c)
Chromatids
d)
Chromosine
19.
How many daughter cells are produced in mitosis?
a)
4 new cells
b)
2 new cells
c)
One new cell
d)
none of these
20.
Among the following, the term that includes the others is ___.
a)
interphase
b)
nuclear division
c)
mitosis
d)
cell cycle
21.
Which phase comes NEXT?
a)
prophase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telophase
22.
the sequence of growth and division of a cell
a)
cell cycle
b)
mitosis
c)
anaphase
d)
cancer
23.
Cytokinesis usually occurs after mitosis.  If a cell completed mitosis but not cytokinesis, what would be the result?
a)
a cell with one nucleus
b)
a cell with one really large nucleus
c)
a cell with two nuclei
d)
none of these are correct
24.
Structure A refers to the _____.
a)
chromatid
b)
chromosome
c)
centromere
25.
Structure B is pointing to the _____. 
a)
chromosome
b)
centromere
c)
DNA
d)
chromatid
26.
Structure C is pointing to one ____. 
a)
chromatid
b)
chromosome
c)
centromere
d)
DNA
27.
DNA is replicated during ______ of the cell cycle.
a)
G1
b)
S
c)
G2
d)
G0
28.
This picture shows which process?
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
c)
the cell cycle
29.
Which is not a stage in the cell cycle
a)
anaphase
b)
telophase
c)
cytokinesis
d)
cytoplasm
30.
During this stage in interphase, the cell grows, carries out normal functions, and copy their organelles. 
a)
G1
b)
Synthesis
c)
G2
d)
Mitosis
31.
Which of the following make up the M stage?
a)
fermentation, mitosis
b)
mitosis, cytokinesis
c)
glycolysis, mitosis
d)
glycolysis, cytokinesis
32.
Name this phase
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
33.
Name this phase
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telephase
34.
Name this phase
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
35.
Name this phase
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
36.
Which of the following shows the correct sequence of the cell cycle?
a)
Mitosis-> G1->S->G2->cytokinesis
b)
S->G1-> G2-> mitosis-> cytokinesis
c)
cytokinesis->mitosis->G1->S->G2
d)
 G1->S->G2->mitosis->cytokinesis
37.
Which is Interphase?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
D
d)
F
38.
Which is Prophase?
a)
A
b)
 F
c)
C
d)
A & F 
39.
A cell spends most of its life in
a)
Anaphase
b)
Interphase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Prophase
40.
Name the structure that forms at the end of telophase in a plant cell
a)
Cell wall
b)
Cleavage Furrow
c)
Cell Plate
d)
Spindle fibers