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Cell Reproduction (correct version)

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fruit fly body (somatic) cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...

a)

16 chromosomes.

b)

46 chromosomes.

c)

8 chromosomes.

d)

4 chromosomes.

2.
The process by which the nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells
a)
mitosis
b)
cancer
c)
spindle
d)
centromere
3.
Structure (b) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
4.
Structure (a) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
5.
Structure (c) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
6.
What is the next phase of mitosis?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
7.
What is the next phase of mitosis?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
8.
What phase of mitosis is shown in the picture?
a)
Prophase
b)
Anaphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Metaphase
9.

Chromosomes duplicate, the cell grows and develops during this phase

a)

Metaphase

b)

Telophase

c)

Interphase

d)

Anaphase

10.

Two new nuclei form and the cytoplasm begins to split

a)

Metaphase

b)

Telophase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Prophase

11.
What is the first phase of Mitosis?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
12.
The stages of mitosis in order
a)
Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase
b)
Prophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Telophase
c)
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
d)
Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase, Metaphase
13.

The cells produced via meiosis are called:

a)

gametes

b)

somatic cells

c)

body cells

d)

skin cells

14.
This produces 2 identical cells.
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
15.

What phase of meiosis is shown in the picture?

a)

anaphase I

b)

anaphase II

c)

metaphase I

d)

telophase I

16.
What causes genetic variation in meiosis?
a)
chromosomes lining up
b)
crossing over of chromosomes
c)
separation of chromosomes
d)
chromosomes pulling apart
17.

When an area of a chromatid is exchanged with the matching area on a chromatid of its homologous chromosome, _________________ occurs during _______________ of meiosis

a)

crossing over; prophase I

b)

mutagenesis; prophase I

c)

hybridization; metaphase I

d)

fertilization; interphase

18.
Unlike mitosis, meiosis in male mammals results in the formation of
a)
one haploid gamete
b)
three diploid gametes
c)
four diploid gametes
d)
four haploid gametes
19.

Goes through P.M.A.T twice (8 phases)

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

c)

Osmosis

d)

Transcription

20.
A male shark has 40 chromosomes in each of its sex cells. How many would be present in its body cells?
a)
20
b)
40
c)
80
d)
160
21.

What is another reason we need meiosis?

a)

So the offspring has genes from both parents and returns to the diploid number

b)

So the offspring has genes from one parent

c)

So the offspring has genes from neither parents

d)

So the offspring makes its own genes

22.
Why do we need meiosis?
a)
To double the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
b)
To halve the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
c)
To triple the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
d)
To not change the number of chromosomes going into sex cells
23.
Identify the phase:
a)
Metaphase I
b)
Metaphase II
c)
Anaphase I
d)
Anaphase II
24.

What phase is represented?

a)

metaphase I

b)

metaphase II

c)

anaphase I

d)

anaphase II

25.
Which of the following produces identical nuclei in cells?
a)
pollination
b)
mitosis
c)
osmosis
d)
fertilization
26.
Which statement correctly describes meiosis?
a)
cells divide only once
b)
meiosis does not occur in reproductive cells
c)
the cells produced at the end of meiosis are genetically identical to the parent cell
d)
The cells produced at the end of meiosis contain half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell
27.
If an intestinal cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain
a)
3
b)
6
c)
12
d)
24
28.
Mitosis is essential to life because it
a)
contains four stages for gametes
b)
maintains genetic continuity from one generation to the next
c)
controls cell functions
d)
provides energy for cell
29.
What is one advantage of sexual reproduction?
a)
offspring are identical to parents
b)
offspring are resistant to viruses
c)
offspring are born live, rather than from eggs
d)
offspring inherit a wider variety of genetic information
30.
What is one of the advantages, why is it better to reproduce sexually versus asexually?
a)
survival of the fittest
b)
overproduction
c)
genetic variation
d)
cloning
31.

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of mitosis for a multicellular organism?

a)

growth

b)

repair

c)

maintenance

d)

asexual reproduction

32.

What has to happen for a cell to move from metaphase to anaphase?

a)

spindle fibers have to attach to chromosomes

b)

centrioles have to move

c)

chromatids have to split?

33.

During what phase does the tetrad split?

a)

anaphase I

b)

anaphase

c)

anaphase II

34.

Synapsis is the event that forms the

a)

tetrad

b)

chromosome

c)

spindle

d)

nucleus

35.

When does DNA replicate?

a)

S phase of interphase

b)

G1 phase of interphase

c)

G2 phase of interphase

36.
What type of organisms do binary fission?
a)
Prokaryotes
b)
Eukaryotes
c)
Animal Cells
d)
Plant Cells
37.
What do we call the whole process of eukaryotic cell reproduction?
a)
Binary Fission
b)
Mitosis
c)
Cytokinesis
d)
Cell Cycle
38.
What form is DNA is in during Interphase?
a)
Chromatin
b)
Replicated Chromosome
c)
Unreplicated Chromosome
d)
Chromatids
39.
How many chromatids are pictured in the cell?
a)
0 
b)
5
c)
10
d)
20
40.
What stage of the cell cycle is the following cell in?
a)
Interphase
b)
Prophase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
41.
What stage of the cell cycle is the cell in?
a)
Interphase
b)
Prophase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Telophase
42.
What stage of the cell cycle is the cell in?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
43.
What stage of the cell cycle is the cell in?
a)
Prophase
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
44.
How is animal cell cytokinesis different than a plant cell's?
a)
Animal cells have a cleavage furrow
b)
Plant cells have a cleavage furrow
c)
Animal cells have a metaphase plate
d)
Animal cells must stay stuck together
45.
Chromosomes condense from long stands into rod like structures. 
a)
Prophase
b)
Interphase
46.
Why would it be important to replicate DNA before a cell divides in mitosis or meiosis?
a)
In order for genetic information to be transferred into daughter cells.
b)
In order for the cell to be able to increase in size.
c)
In order for the DNA to be contained in the nucleus.
d)
In order for the cell to re-order the DNA sequencing in the new cells.
47.
In mitosis, the two resulting cells are
a)
different from the starting cell and identical to each other.
b)
different from the starting cell and different from each other.
c)
identical to the starting cell and different from each other.
d)
identical to the starting cell and identical to each other.
48.
How many chromosomes do humans have?
a)
46
b)
21
c)
10
49.

What do you call the cell that forms from fertilization?

a)

fertilized egg

b)

sperm cell

c)

zygote

d)

egg cell

50.

What do you call the type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from two different cells combine, producing an offspring?

a)

pollination

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

fertilization

d)

asexual reproduction

51.

Pairs of chromosomes that have genes for the same traits arranged in the same order are called ___________.

a)

Haploid

b)

Diploid

c)

Homologous chromosomes

d)

Heterogous chromosomes

52.

What do you call the cells that have pairs of chromosomes?

a)

Diploid

b)

Haploid

c)

Sperm cell

d)

egg cell

53.

In this cell division, one diploid cell divides and makes four haploid sex cells. What do you call this special kind of cell division?

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

fertilization

d)

pollination

54.

What type of reproduction takes place when one parent organism produces offspring without meiosis and fertilization?

a)

pollination

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

asexual reproduction

d)

fertilization

55.
Cytokinesis is a process that occurs during the cell cycle.  During cytokinesis,
a)
the cytoplasm is divided to form two separate cells.
b)
the cell grows and performs normal life processes.
c)
the chromosomes of the cell are duplicated.
d)
the nuclear material of the cell is divided.

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