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Mitosis Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What phase of mitosis is occuring in the picture?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Cytokinesis
d)
Telophase
2.
What is the first phase of Mitosis?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
3.
In which phase does the cell spend most of it's life?
a)
Interphase
b)
Nuclear Division
c)
Telophase
d)
Mitosis
4.
What phase of mitosis is pictured?
a)
Metaphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Prophase
d)
Anaphase
5.
Which of the following is NOT occuring during interphase?
a)
Cell growth
b)
DNA being copied
c)
DNA condensing
d)
Two new cells are made
6.
How many chromosomes do humans have?
a)
46
b)
21
c)
10
7.

Fruit fly body 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.

8.
Before cells can divide, what must be copied?
a)
mitochondria
b)
cytoplasm
c)
DNA
d)
Cell Wall
9.
These structures pull the spindle fibers and attached chromosomes to opposite ends of the cell.
a)
Spindle fiber
b)
Centriole
c)
Nucleus
d)
Centromere
10.
Structure (b) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
11.

At the beginning of interphase, the DNA is in the form of

a)

chromatin

b)

chromosomes

c)

chromatids

d)

centromeres

12.
Identify the stage of mitosis.
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
anaphase
d)
cytokinesis
13.
Identify the stage of mitosis. 
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
anaphase
d)
cytokinesis
14.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Anaphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Prophase
15.
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.
16.

Where does a cell contain it's genetic material (DNA)?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoskeleton

c)

golgi

17.

Which of the following represents the phases of cell division in their proper sequence?

a)

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, interphase

b)

interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis

c)

interphase, prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase, cytokinesis

d)

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis, interphase

18.

What is the role of the spindle during mitosis?

a)

It helps separate the chromosomes.

b)

It breaks down the nuclear membrane.

c)

It duplicates the DNA.

d)

It divides the cell in half.

19.
The phase in mitosis where chromosomes move away and are pulled apart by spindles to opposite sides of the cell.
a)
prophase
b)
anaphase
c)
metaphase
d)
telephase
20.

Cytokinesis is the process of

a)

Cells replicating DNA during mitosis in preparation to divide.

b)

How a cell and its chromosomal DNA reproduce

c)

Stage of cell division where the cell splits into 2

d)

Chromosomes linking with spindle fibers at their centromere as it is sequestered to the middle of the cell.

21.

What phase do the chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell?

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

22.

What phase of mitosis does the nuclear membrane beginning to reappear, and the cell begins to pinch together, and DNA goes back to chromatin?

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

23.

DNA changes from chromatin (long stands) into chromatids (rod like structures).

a)

Prophase

b)

Interphase

c)

Telophase

d)

Cytokinesis

24.

Why is it important for cells to multiple/divide? (mark all that apply)

a)

Growth

b)

To keep cells busy

c)

Development

d)

Repair damaged tissue

e)

Replace old or damaged cells

25.

Chromosomes become visible. The

membrane around the nucleus begins to

disappear.

a)

Interphase

b)

cytokinesis

c)

Anaphase

d)

Metaphase

e)

Prophase

26.

What is the first stage in the cell cycle?

a)

Interphase

b)

cytokinesis

c)

Anaphase

d)

Metaphase

e)

Telophase

27.

What is the third stage in the cell cycle?

a)

Interphase

b)

cytokinesis

c)

Prophase

d)

Metaphase

e)

Telophase

28.
How many daughter cells are produced in mitosis?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
6
29.

What are the "X" shaped things in the drawing.

a)

PMATs

b)

Chromosomes

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Telophase

30.
Structure A refers to the _____.
a)
chromatid
b)
chromosome
c)
centromere
31.

Structure (c) is a ____. Hint: It is one half of the X shape.

a)

chromosome

b)

sister chromatid

c)

centromere

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