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Cell Division_cell cycle

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Starting with Gap 1, what is the correct order of the cell cycle?

a)

G1 > G2 > S > M

b)

G1 > S > G2 > M

c)

G1 > M > S > G2

d)

G1 > S > M > G2

2.

What is the actual name of the S phase?

a)

Symbiosis

b)

Secondary

c)

Synthesis

d)

Simple

3.

What happens during G1?

a)

The cell grows and carries out normal functions

b)

The DNA in the cell is copied

c)

The cell grows a little bit more

d)

The cell divides itself

4.

What happens during S?

a)

The cell grows and carries out normal functions

b)

The DNA in the cell is copied

c)

The cell grows a little bit more

d)

The cell divides itself

5.

What is the acronym we use to remember the order of the phases of mitosis?

a)

AMPT

b)

TAPM

c)

MAPT

d)

PMAT

6.

Which of the following best represents a replicated chromosome?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Which of the following best represents a sister chromatid?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.
The part labeled 2 is the
a)
centromere
b)
sister chromatid
c)
long arm 
d)
chromosome
9.

What is the main goal of interphase?

a)

to create two identical daughter cells

b)

to prepare the cell for mitosis

c)

to create four different daughter cells

d)

none of the above

10.

Which organelle is divided during cytokinesis?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

nucleus

c)

ribosome

d)

mitochondria

11.

This process takes place in body cells, but not in sex cells.

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

both

d)

neither

12.

What event is occurring in the diagram?

a)

mitosis

b)

meiosis

c)

cytokinesis

d)

crossing over

13.

A cell has four chromosomes.

During the cell cycle, how many chromosomes will the cell

have at the end of stage 1?

a)

one

b)

four

c)

two

d)

eight

14.

Cells spend most of their lives in which phase?

a)

Interphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Telophase

d)

Metaphase

15.

What is cytokinesis?

a)

When 2 cells merge together to make 1 giant cell

b)

The end of the cell cycle when the cell divides and mitosis is complete

c)

The stage when DNA condenses into chromosomes

d)

The stage where chromosomes are pulled to opposite ends of the cell.

16.

How many chromosomes does a human somatic (body) cell have?

a)

46

b)

23

c)

42

d)

26

17.

How many chromosomes does a human egg or sperm (gamete) cell have?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

42

d)

26

18.

The two chromosomes that make up a matched pair in a diploid cell.

a)

Centrosome

b)

Chromosome

c)

Homologous Chromosome

d)

Chromatid

19.

A structure found in animal cells from which microtubules originate and that is important during cell division.

a)

Chromatid

b)

Chromosome

c)

Centromere

d)

Centrosome

20.

A small protein molecule associated with DNA and important in DNA packing in the eukaryotic chromosome. Eukaryotic chromatin consists of roughly equal parts of DNA and that protein.

a)

Histone

b)

Nucleosome

c)

Chromatin

d)

Chromatid