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Cell Cycle

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 36mins

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1.

Place the four images from the cell cycle in the correct chronological order.

a)

Image A, image D, image B, image C

b)

Image C, image D, image B, image A

c)

Image C, image B, image A, image D

d)

Image B, image C, image D, image A

2.

During which phase does the cell actually separate into two individual daughter cells?

a)

Prophase

b)

Cytokinesis

c)

Interphase

d)

Metaphase

3.

If your were to examine a sample of 1000 cells, in which of the phases listed below would you expect to find most of the cells?

a)

Interphase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

4.

Upon examining a sample consisting of 100 cells, you find the following distribution of cell phases. If you know that the cell cycle for this type of cell takes two hours, how long, on average, does the cell spend in prophase?

a)

8 minutes

b)

16 minutes

c)

22 minutes

d)

30 minutes

5.

In what part of the cell cycle does the DNA make a copy of itself?

a)

Interphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Telophase

d)

Cytokinesis

6.

Which pair of nitrogenous bases will form a bond in a DNA molecule?

a)

cytosine and adenine

b)

adenine and thymine

c)

guanine and thymine

d)

thymine and cytosine

7.

What three components make up a nucleotide?

a)

a deoxyribose, a phosphate, and an enzyme

b)

a phosphate, an enzyme, and a nitrogenous base

c)

an enzyme, a deoxyribose, and a nitrogenous base

d)

a phosphate, a deoxyribose, and a nitrogenous base

8.

Which nitrogenous bases are needed to complete the DNA strand pictured below? Give your answer in order, from top to bottom.

a)

thymine, adenine, guanine, cytosine

b)

adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine

c)

adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine

d)

cytosine, guanine, thymine, adenine

9.

When one DNA molecule is replicated, the result is two DNA molecules. What is true of the second DNA molecule?

a)

It is identical or nearly identical to the first DNA molecule.

b)

The sequence of bases, from top to bottom, is opposite the sequence in the first DNA molecule.

c)

It is half the size of the first DNA molecule.

d)

It is twice the size of the first DNA molecule.

10.

What is the role of enzymes in the DNA replication process?

a)

Enzymes read the DNA code and build a new DNA molecule from scratch.

b)

Enzymes link together to form a template for a new DNA molecule to be built.

c)

Enzymes split the DNA molecule into two rails and then transport corresponding nitrogenous bases to each rail.

d)

Enzymes link adjacent nucleosides together, becoming an integral part of the structure of the new strands of DNA