WorksheetsMitosis Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Chromatin shortens and thickens in preparation for making a copy of itself. Chromatin is now called chromosomes.
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
metaphase
d)
anaphase
2.
A nuclear membrane forms around each mass of chrosomsomes.
a)
interphase
b)
metaphase
c)
telophase
d)
prophase
3.
Nuclear membrane and nucleolus disintegrate.
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
metaphase
d)
telophase
4.
Centrioles and spindle fibers begin to disappear.
a)
interphase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telophase
5.
Most of the life of any cell is spent in this stage of mitosis, some cells, like nerve cells, are always in this stage.
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
metaphase
d)
telophase
6.
A new nucleolus appears in each new nucleus.
a)
interphase
b)
telophase
c)
metaphase
d)
prophase
7.
In animal cells, the centrioles move to opposite ends of the cell.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Prophase
8.
Double stranded chromatids line up down the middle of the cell.
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
metaphase
d)
anaphase
9.
Each spindle fiber becomes attached to a centromere.
a)
interphase
b)
metaphase
c)
telophase
d)
prophase
10.
Chromosomes are activiely duplicating.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Prophase
d)
Interphase
11.
Each centromere divides, then the separated strands begin to move away from each other toward opposite ends of the cell.
a)
metaphase
b)
anaphase
c)
interphase
d)
prophase
12.
Cell grows and towards the end of this stage begins to make copies of its chromosomes.
a)
telophase
b)
prophase
c)
interphase
d)
anaphase
13.
In an animal cell, the cytoplasm begins to pinch in forming two new cells.
a)
metaphase
b)
telophase
c)
prophase
d)
anaphase
14.
A cell plate forms between the two new nuclei and each cell begins to build a cell wall, while reforming the cell membrane on the inside of its cell wall.
a)
anaphase
b)
telophase
c)
interphase
d)
metaphase
15.
Spindle fibers begin to form.
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
metaphase
d)
anaphase
16.
What is the function of the centromere?
a)
makes protein
b)
lines up amino acids
c)
causes spindle fibers to shorten
d)
holds duplicated chromosomes together
17.
What would happen if the spindle fibers did not shorten?
a)
chromosomes would not seperate
b)
chromosome would form sets of three
c)
cell would immediately go into interphase
d)
chromosomes would duplicate again
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