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Mitosis Phases

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During which phase do chromosomes line up on the equator?

a)

anaphase

b)

metaphase

c)

telophase

d)

prophase

2.
Results of cell division or mitosis include all of the following EXCEPT?
a)
growth
b)
repair damaged cells
c)
replace damaged cells
d)
dead cells
3.
How many chromosomes does a human cell have?
a)
42
b)
46
c)
24
d)
64
4.
How many daughter cells are produced in mitosis?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
4
d)
6
5.
What process does a multi-cellular organism use to replace its damaged body cells?
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
c)
replication
d)
transcription
6.
Which of these lists presents the stages of the cell cycle in the correct order?
a)
interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
b)
cytokinesis, mitosis, interphase
c)
mitosis, interphase, cytokinesis
d)
interphase, cytokinesis, mitosis
7.
Which of these phases of mitosis take place first?
a)
anaphase
b)
telophase
c)
prophase
d)
metaphase
8.
Identify the stage of mitosis.
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
metaphase
d)
anaphase
9.
Identify the stage of mitosis. 
a)
interphase
b)
prophase
c)
anaphase
d)
cytokinesis
10.

What is the image above:

a)

Chromosome

b)

Chromotid

c)

Centromere

d)

Centriole

11.

What stage of mitosis is depicted here

a)

Prophase

b)

Anaphase

c)

Telophase

d)

Metaphase

12.

What stage of mitosis is depicted here

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

13.

What stage of mitosis is depicted here

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

14.

What stage of mitosis is depicted here

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

15.

Nuclear membrane breaks down, spindle fibers form describes:

a)

Prophase

b)

Anaphase

c)

Metaphase

d)

Telophase

16.

Spindle fibers attach, centrioles line chromosomes in the center of the cell describes:

a)

Prophase

b)

Telophase

c)

Metaphase

d)

Anaphase

17.

Centrioles pull the chromosomes apart towards the opposite sides of the cell describes:

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Telophase

d)

Anaphase

18.

This is what phase of Mitosis?

a)

Interphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Metaphase

d)

Anaphase

e)

Telophase

19.

In which phase does a cell spend most of its life?

a)

Interphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Metaphase

d)

Anaphase

e)

Telophase

20.

What phase of mitosis is in the picture?

a)

Interphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Metaphase

d)

Anaphase

e)

Telophase

21.

What phase of Mitosis is the picture showing?

a)

Interphase

b)

Prophase

c)

Telophase

d)

Metaphase

22.

The splitting of the cytoplasm and cell membranes is called?

a)

Interphase

b)

Telophase

c)

Centromere

d)

Cytokinesis

23.
During interphase the cell ___________.
a)
divides into two cells
b)
divides its nucleus
c)
replicates its DNA
d)
replicates the organelles within the cell
24.

The strands of protein that attach to the chromosomes during mitosis are called ____.

a)

spindle fibers

b)

M Phase

c)

DNA

d)

ribonucleic acid

25.

What organelle organizes the movement of chromosomes?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

centrioles

c)

vacuole

d)

ribosomes

26.
Put the following actions in order: DNA replicates, cell grows, cell divides, cell prepares for mitosis. 
a)
DNA replicates, cell grows, cell prepares for mitosis, cell divides
b)
cell grows, cell prepares for mitosis, DNA replicates, cell divides
c)
cell grows, DNA replicates, cell prepares for mitosis, cell divides
d)
DNA replicates, cell prepares for mitosis, cell grows, cell divides
27.

One difference between a cancer cell and a normal cell is that

a)

Cancer cells divide uncontrollably

b)

Normal cells divide uncontrollably

c)

Cancer cells cannot make copies of DNA

d)

Normal cells cannot make copies of DNA

28.

Recent research has indicated that cancer cells

a)

Always develop into a malignant tumor

b)

Pass through cell cycle checkpoints too quickly because of mutations

c)

Enter the G1 phase at least 3 times before they divide

d)

Are unable to complete the cell cycle after the S phase

29.
What is is called when a tumor proves to be NON cancerous?
a)
malignant
b)
benign
c)
oncogene
d)
byogene
30.
The difference between a benign tumor and a malignant tumor is that
a)
both can spread elsewhere in the body.
b)
neither can spread elsewhere in the body.
c)
benign tumors don't spread elsewhere in the body.
d)
malignant tumors don't spread elsewhere in the body.
31.

Cancer is

a)

a premature stop in the cell cycle.

b)

uncontrolled mitosis.

c)

programmed cell death.

d)

cells that go through apoptosis

32.

Cancer cells:

a)

Lose the ability to divide

b)

Divide more slowly than normal cells

c)

Spend less time in Interphase

d)

Spend less time in mitosis/cytokinesis

33.

Which would most likely cause a cell to become cancerous?

a)

It is surrounded by other cancer cells

b)

The environment has an abundance of nutrients

c)

The outside environment has no signals that usually tell the cell to stop dividing

d)

The environment contains mutagens that cause mutations to cell-cycle regulators

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