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Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does NOT happen during interphase?
a)
growth
b)
DNA replication 
c)
obtaining nutrients
d)
cell divison
2.
Cytokinesis is a phase of mitosis. 
a)
True
b)
False 
3.
Cells spend the majority of their lives in
a)
Interphase
b)
Mitosis
c)
Synthesis 
d)
Gap 2
4.
In what phase of mitosis does DNA condense into visible chromosomes?
a)
Prophase
b)
Anaphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Metaphase
5.
Cells of organisms must replicate for ?
a)
growth
b)
repair of damaged cells
c)
replacement of dying cells.
d)
All of the above
6.
I am the stage of mitosis where the sister chromatids are pulled apart.
a)
interphase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telophase
7.
What are the phases of mitosis IN ORDER?
a)
Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase
b)
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
c)
Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase, Anaphase
d)
Telophase, Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase
8.
Programmed cell death refers to..... 
a)
Apoptosis 
b)
Helionisis 
c)
Karyokinesis
d)
Meiosis 
9.
Chromatin refers to DNA that is...
a)
old and needs to be dissolved. 
b)
completely unwound and ready for replication. 
c)
tightly bound into chromosome-like structures. 
d)
relaxed like a bowl of spaghetti. 
10.
DNA is replicated during ______ of the cell cycle.
a)
Gap 1 
b)
Synthesis
c)
Gap 2
d)
Gap 0
11.
At what stage during mitosis does the nuclear envelope break up?
a)
Metaphase
b)
Prophase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
12.
A chromosome that has been duplicated means that...
a)
there will be 1 copy and 1 original. 
b)
there will only be 1 original.
13.
The ___________ holds the replicated sister chromatids together.
a)
centriole
b)
chromosomes
c)
centromere
d)
cycles
14.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Metaphase
15.
What is cytokinesis?
a)
This is when two cells merge together to make one giant cell.
b)
The stage where chromosomes migrate to the opposite ends of the cell. 
c)
The stage of the cell cycle where the rest of the cell divides after mitosis is complete.
d)
The stage in which DNA condenses into chromosomes.