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MITOSIS & MEIOSIS REVIEW FOR TEST

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the first phase of Mitosis?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
2.
What phase of mitosis is occuring in the picture?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Cytokinesis
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.
DNA will condense into...
a)
Centromeres
b)
Chromosomes
c)
Nuclei
d)
Spindle fibers
5.
What phase of mitosis is pictured?
a)
Metaphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Prophase
d)
Anaphase
6.
Which is Metaphase?
a)
A
b)
E
c)
C
d)
F
7.
How many chromosomes do humans have?
a)
46
b)
21
c)
10
8.
Name the phase:
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
9.
Structure A refers to the _____.
a)
chromatid
b)
chromosome
c)
centromere
10.
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.
d)
4 chromosomes.
11.
Before cells can divide, what must be copied?
a)
mitochondria
b)
cytoplasm
c)
DNA
d)
Cell Wall
12.
These structures pull the spindle fibers and attached chromosomes to opposite ends of the cell.
a)
Spindle fiber
b)
Centriole
c)
Nucleus
d)
Centromere
13.
Structure (b) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
14.

Name the phase that would be PREVIOUS to the one in the drawing.

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

15.
Name the phase:
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
16.

Two new nuclear membranes form around the chromatids and cell begins to pinch in to separate

a)

Anaphase

b)

Telophase

c)

Prophase

d)

Interphase

17.
a)

Prophase

b)

Interphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

18.
a)
Anaphase
b)
Cytonkinesis
c)
Interphase
d)
Prophase
19.
a)
Cytokinesis
b)
Anaphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Prophase
20.

The phase in mitosis where chromosomes are pulled apart into chromatids by spindle fibers to opposite sides of the cell.

a)

prophase

b)

anaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

telephase

21.
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.
22.
Where does a cell contain it's genetic material?
a)
nucleus
b)
nucleolus
c)
cytoskeleton
d)
golgi
23.
What process does a multi-cellular organism use to replace its damaged body cells?
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
c)
replication
d)
transcription
24.
Which of these lists presents the stages of the cell cycle in the correct order?
a)
interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
b)
cytokinesis, mitosis, interphase
c)
mitosis, interphase, cytokinesis
d)
interphase, cytokinesis, mitosis
25.
During interphase, the DNA is in the form of
a)
chromatin
b)
chromosomes
c)
chromatids
d)
centromeres
26.
Identify the stage.
a)
interphase
b)
metaphase
c)
anaphase
d)
telophase
27.
Identify the stage of mitosis.
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
metaphase
d)
anaphase
28.
Identify the stage of mitosis.
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
anaphase
d)
cytokinesis
29.

Identify the stage of mitosis.

a)

interphase

b)

prophase

c)

anaphase

d)

telophase

30.
Structure (c) is a ____.
a)
chromosome
b)
chromatid
c)
centromere
31.
Name the phase:
a)
Anaphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Metaphase
d)
Prophase
32.
Name the phase:
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
33.
Name the phase:
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
34.
The organelle that helps in cell division and produces spindle fibers.
a)
Chromosome
b)
Centriole
c)
Cytoplasm
d)
Chloroplast
35.
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
36.
When you start with 1 cell, at the end of mitosis, how many identical cells will you have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
37.

Chromosomes can be seen, spindle fibers start to form and the nuclear membrane disappears.

a)

Prophase

b)

Anaphase

c)

Metaphase

38.

Chromosomes line up in the middle (equator) of the cell.

a)

Metaphase

b)

Cytokinesis

39.

Cell grows to a mature size, DNA replication takes place, and the cell prepares for division.

a)

Interphase

b)

Cytokinesis

40.

Plant cells don’t have centrioles

a)

true

b)

false

41.

What type of cells have a cell plate?

a)

animal cells

b)

plant cells

c)

blood cells

d)

mobile cells

42.

Chromosomes shorten and thicken, the nuclear

membrane disappears and the centrioles move into place.The spindle fibers appear at this stage is what phase?

a)

prophase

b)

anaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

43.

What important step occurs during Interphase (the preparation phase)?

a)

dna is cut in half

b)

mitosis

c)

dna duplicates

d)

osmosis

44.

Spindle fibers disappear, the cell divides, the nuclear membrane forms around each set of chromosomes and two daughter cells appear. is what phase?

a)

prophase

b)

anaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

45.

The cells produced via meiosis are called:

a)

sex cells or gametes

b)

somatic cells

c)

body cells

d)

skin cells

46.
If a body cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain
a)
3
b)
6
c)
12
d)
24
47.
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
48.

At the end of mitosis you have _____ cells

a)

identical

b)

different

c)

identical twins

d)

variety

49.
This picture shows which process? 
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
c)
the cell cycle
50.
How are your chromosomes inherited?
a)
most of your chromosomes from your mother
b)
most of your chromosomes from your father
c)
a random number of chromosomes from each parent
d)
half your chromosomes from your mother and half from your father.
51.
How many daughter cells are produced at the end of meiosis?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
52.
Meiosis makes sperm and egg cells. In humans, sperm and egg cells each have _____ chromosomes. Therefore a fertilized human egg cell (sperm and egg cell combined) would create a cell with _____ chromosomes.
a)
23, 46
b)
46, 23
c)
2, 4
d)
50, 100
53.
What process, and which type of resulting cells are represented?
a)
mitosis, gametes
b)
mitosis, body cells
c)
meiosis, gametes
d)
meiosis, body cells
54.
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
55.
Goes through P.M.A.T two rounds 
a)
Mitosis
b)
Meiosis
c)
Osmosis
d)
Transcription
56.
If a somatic cell in a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg would contain
a)
3
b)
6
c)
12
d)
24
57.
Which of these cells would be produced through meiosis?
a)
skin cells
b)
liver cells
c)
brain cells
d)
sperm cells
58.
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
59.

During metaphase, the DNA is in the form of

a)

chromatin

b)

chromosomes

c)

chromatids

d)

centromeres

60.

During anaphase, the DNA is in the form of

a)

chromatin

b)

chromosomes

c)

chromatids

d)

centromeres

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