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Cell Cycle

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the phase of mitosis.

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

2.

Stage of mitosis when chromosomes first appear and the nuclear envelope starts to disappear.

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

3.

What may occur if the cell continually divides and never enters the G0 stage?

a)

Nothing that is normal

b)

Tumors

c)

Cancer will always occur

d)

The cell will die

4.

Identify the stage of mitosis.

a)

prophase

b)

metaphase

c)

anaphase

d)

telophase

5.

What process will create 2 identical DNA molecules?

a)

Protein Synthesis

b)

Transcription

c)

Translation

d)

Replication

6.

What is occuring in the blue stage labeled S ?

a)

Cell division

b)

DNA Replication

c)

Growth of the cell

d)

Mitosis

7.

Checkpoints are essential to the regulation of the cell cycle.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Put the stages of mitosis in the correct order.

a)

Metaphase Anaphase Telophase Prophase

b)

Prophase Anaphase Metaphase Telophase

c)

Prophase Metaphae Anaphase Telophase

9.

What creates the Replication fork in the model provided?

a)

Polymerase is unzipping the DNA molecule

b)

Helicase is unzipping the DNA molecule

c)

Lagging strand is unzipping the DNA molecule

d)

Leading strand is unzipping the DNA molecule

10.

A DNA nucleotide is different from an RNA nucleotide because...

a)

DNA and RNA nucleotides are the same

b)

DNA contain deoxyribose and RNA contains glucose

c)

DNA contains deoxyribose and RNA ribose

11.

What component of the DNA molecule serves as the guidelines to build an organism?

a)

The sequence of nitrogen bases

b)

The order of deoxyribose sugars

c)

The sequence of phosphates

12.

Read the amino acids found in this DNA strand. GAT CGG ATT

a)

Leu, Ala, STOP

b)

Asp, Ala, STOP

c)

Val, Ala, STOP

13.

What type of mutation has occurred in the DNA?

a)

Substitution

b)

Deletion

c)

Insertion

d)

Duplication