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Cell Cycle

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When is G1?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

2.

When is DNA replication taking place?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

What happens in G2?

a)

DNA replication

b)

The supercoiling of DNA

c)

The cell double checks the duplicated chromosomes

d)

The organelles duplicate

4.

What are the stages of interphase?

a)

G1, G0, S and G2

b)

G1, G2 and G0

c)

S, G1, G2, M

d)

M, G1, G0

5.

Which best describes mitosis?

a)

Nuclear division producing four daughter cells

b)

Reduction nuclear division producing four daughter cells

c)

Nuclear division producing two identical daughter cells

d)

Nuclear division producing four identical daughter cells

6.

What happens in prophase?

a)

Supercoiling of chromosomes, nucleolus disappears, nuclear membrane disintegrates and centrioles release spindle microtubules

b)

Spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochore on the centromere and the chromosomes line up on the metaphase plate

c)

The spindle microtubules condense and the sister chromatids separate to opposite poles

d)

The chromosomes uncoil, the nucleolus re-appears, the nuclear membrane forms and a cleavage furrow develops

7.

What happens in metaphase?

a)

The spindle microtubules condense and the sister chromatids separate to opposite poles

b)

The chromosomes uncoil, the nucleolus re-appears, the nuclear membrane forms and a cleavage furrow develops

c)

Supercoiling of chromosomes, nucleolus disappears, nuclear membrane disintegrates and centrioles release spindle microtubules

d)

Spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochore on the centromere and the chromosomes line up on the metaphase plate

8.

What happens in anaphase?

a)

The spindle microtubules condense and the sister chromatids separate to opposite poles

b)

Spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochore on the centromere and the chromosomes line up on the metaphase plate

c)

The chromosomes uncoil, the nucleolus re-appears, the nuclear membrane forms and a cleavage furrow develops

d)

Supercoiling of chromosomes, nucleolus disappears, nuclear membrane disintegrates and centrioles release spindle microtubules

9.

What happens in telophase?

a)

Spindle microtubules attach to the kinetochore on the centromere and the chromosomes line up on the metaphase plate

b)

The chromosomes uncoil, the nucleolus re-appears, the nuclear membrane forms and a cleavage furrow develops

c)

Supercoiling of chromosomes, nucleolus disappears, nuclear membrane disintegrates and centrioles release spindle microtubules

d)

The spindle microtubules condense and the sister chromatids separate to opposite poles

10.

During which stage does the cell surface area to volume ratio decrease?

a)

Cytokinesis

b)

Telophase

c)

Interphase

d)

Metaphase

11.

Which cell shows anaphase?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

12.

Which phase of mitosis is X?

a)

Anaphase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Prophase

d)

Telophase

13.

What is happening at D?

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

14.

What is happening at C?

a)

Metaphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

15.

Which tissue sample has the highest mitotic index?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

16.

What molecules form the cleavage furrow in animals?

a)

Actin and myosin

b)

Phosphate and cellulose

c)

Pectin and cellulose

d)

Actin and pectin

17.

Which two substances form the middle lamella and cell wall during cytokinesis of a plant cell?

a)

Actin and myosin

b)

Pectin and cellulose

c)

Actin and cellulose

d)

Pectin and myosin

18.

Cyclins are proteins and control the cell cycle, place the four cyclins in the correct order:

a)

D, E, A, R

b)

D, E, A, B

c)

D, E, E, R

d)

B, E, A, D

19.

Which letter represents the cyclin that promotes the formation of spindle microtubules?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

Which letter represents the cyclin that triggers the cell moving from G0 to G1?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

21.

Which letter represents the cyclin that prepares the cell for DNA replication?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

22.

Which letter represents the cyclin that activates DNA replication?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

23.

Which processes are involved in the development of cancer?

I. Mutations occur in oncogenes.

II. Oncogenes prevent cancer.

III. Oncogenes affect cell cycle regulatory proteins.

a)

I and II only

b)

I and III only

c)

II and III only

d)

I, II and III