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Cell Cycle Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 4hrs 33mins

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Class
Date
1.

Fruit fly body cells have 16 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter cell to have ...

a)
16 chromosomes.
b)
46 chromosomes.
c)
8 chromosomes.
d)
4 chromosomes.
2.
After meiosis is complete, the new cells:
a)
are all identical
b)
are all different
c)
are half identical and half different
d)
are all stretched out
3.
How many daughter cells are produced from meiosis ?
a)
10
b)
6
c)
4
d)
2
4.

The female gamete is called

a)

a zygote

b)

a sperm cell

c)
fertilization
d)

an egg cell

5.

The male gamete is called

a)

an egg cell

b)

a zygote

c)

a sperm cell

d)

an embryo

6.
Most of the cells in the human body are produced by
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
7.
Name that process
a)
Mitosis
b)
Meiosis
c)
Mutation
d)
Cell Cycle
8.
During which phase of the meiotic cell cycle does DNA Replication occur?
a)
Interphase 
b)
Prophase 
c)
Metaphase 
d)
Telophase
9.

In Meiosis if the parent cell has 20 chromosomes, then how many will the daughter cells have 

a)
40
b)
10
c)
20
d)
18
10.

Mitosis takes place in _____

a)

reproductive cells (gametes)

b)

somatic cell (non-reproductive cells)

11.

Meiosis creates daughter cells which are genetically identical to the parent

a)

True

b)

False

12.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

14.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

16.

Which stage of the Cell Cycle of the cell is this cell in (notice that the DNA is in chromatin form; no chromosomes can be seen yet)

a)

Interphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

17.

The 2 exact copies of DNA in a chromosome are called ________.

a)

chromatids

b)

genes

c)

mutations

d)

pathogens

18.

The two sister chromatids are attached to each other at a point called the __________ of a chromosome.

a)

centriole

b)

autosome

c)

chromosome

d)

centromere

19.

Chromosomes that are paired by same size and types of genes they have are called _______ chromosomes.

a)

duplicated

b)

homologous

c)

matching

d)

sister