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8th - Unit 5 - Lesson 1 - Mitosis

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What process does a multicellular organism use to replace its damaged body cells?

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

replication

d)

transcription

2.

Which of the following statements correctly describes the function of cell division in unicellular organisms?

a)

Cell division allows the organism to grow.

b)

Cell division allows the organism to reproduce.

c)

Cell division allows the organism to produce sex cells.

d)

Cell division allows the organism to repair damage to the cell.

3.

Why does cell division take place in single-celled organims?

a)

in order for the organisms to grow

b)

to reproduce and pass on genetic information

c)

to enable the organisms to heal injured tissues

d)

to make specialized cells for different functions

4.

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

5.

How would living things differ if cell division took place only for reproduction?

a)

All living things would be single-celled.

b)

Multicellular organisms would be much smaller.

c)

Living things would be more genetically diverse.

d)

Multicellular organisms would be unable to repair damaged cells.

6.

Interphase is the longest stage of which process?

a)

mitosis

b)

cell cycle

c)

cytokinesis

d)

reproduction

7.

Alli uses a microscope to look at slides of onion cells. The slides show the stages of the cell cycle. The slides are labeled and in the correct order, starting with interphase. In which slide would Alli first see chromosomes?

a)

anaphase

b)

prophase

c)

telophase

d)

cytokinesis

8.

Which of these statements most likely describes what happens if DNA is not duplicated during interphase?

a)

The new cells would be more numerous.

b)

The new cells would have too many chromosomes.

c)

The new cells would have too many or too few nuclei.

d)

The new cells would have an incorrect number of chromosomes.

9.

Which phase of Mitosis is this diagram showing?

a)

anaphase

b)

prophase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

10.

Which is phase of mitosis is shown in the diagram above?

a)

prophase

b)

anaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

11.

Which phase of mitosis in shown in the diagram above?

a)

prophase

b)

metaphase

c)

anaphase

d)

telophase

12.

Which phase of mitosis in shown in the diagram above?

a)

prophase

b)

metaphase

c)

anaphase

d)

telophase

13.

Which of these organisms relies on mitosis for reproduction?

a)

ant

b)

bird

c)

amoeba

d)

jellyfish

14.

How does a mulitcellular organism grow larger?

a)

Multicellular organisms do not grow larger.

b)

Individual cells in the organism grow larger.

c)

The organism gains new cells from other organism.

d)

Cells in the organism divide, increasing the total number of cells.

15.

In what way is cell division important to keeping organisms healthy?

a)

Cell division makes specialized cells.

b)

Cell division causes cells to grow larger.

c)

Cell division replaces damaged cells with new cells.

d)

Cell division is not part of keeping organisms healthy.

16.

Which is the phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate an move to opposite ends of the cell?

a)

prophase

b)

anaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

17.

Which is the phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell?

a)

anaphase

b)

prophase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

18.

Which is the phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell condense and each chromosome consists of two chromatids held together by a centromere?

a)

prophase

b)

anaphase

c)

metaphase

d)

telophase

19.

Which is the phase of mitosis in which the the chromotids or chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed?

a)

prophase

b)

metaphase

c)

anaphase

d)

telophase

20.

___________________ is the division of the parent cell's cytoplasm during cell division.

a)

cytokinesis

b)

interphase

c)

cytoplasm

d)

chromosome