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The Cell Cycle

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What phase of mitosis is show here?

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

2.

Which of the following is metaphase?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

What phase of mitosis is shown here?

a)

Prophase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase

4.

Cytokinesis results in the production of two of these.

a)

Centrioles

b)

Daughter Cells

c)

Clone cells

d)

Twin cells

5.

What threadlike structures rip chromatids apart and pull them back to the centrioles?

a)

Spindle Fibers

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Zygotes

d)

Centromeres

6.
What phase of mitosis is shown in the picture?
a)
Prophase
b)
Anaphase
c)
Telophase
d)
Metaphase
7.
a)
Prophase
b)
Interphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
8.
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
9.
Which of these phases of mitosis take place first?
a)
anaphase
b)
telophase
c)
prophase
d)
metaphase
10.
What is the next phase of mitosis?
a)
Prophase
b)
Metaphase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Telophase
11.
What process does a multi-cellular organism use to replace its damaged body cells?
a)
mitosis
b)
meiosis
c)
replication
d)
transcription
12.
Which of these phases of mitosis take place first?
a)
anaphase
b)
telophase
c)
prophase
d)
metaphase
13.
Matt uses a microscope to look at slides of plant cells.  He sees a cell with two nuclei that have visible chromosomes. In which stage of cell division is this cell?
a)
anaphase
b)
prophase
c)
telophase
d)
interphase
14.
The original cell before it divides is called the
a)
Father cell
b)
Mother cell
c)
Parent cell
15.
The two cells that result after division are called the
a)
Sister cells
b)
Brother cells
c)
Son cells
d)
Daughter cells
16.
The middle part that holds the two chromatids together is called the
a)
Chromatin
b)
Centriole
c)
Centromere
d)
Nucleus
17.
Humans have 46 chromosomes, which means we have _______ of chromosomes.
a)
46 pairs 
b)
23 pairs
c)
20 pairs
d)
56 pairs
18.
A cell spends most of its life in what stage?
a)
Interphase
b)
Telophase
c)
Anaphase
d)
Metaphase
19.
True or false: All organs in your body are developed when cells multiply.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The dark "spider" looking things on opposite sides of the cell are called "Spindle Fibers".  What is their job?
a)
Eating the chromosomes
b)
Pulling the chromosomes apart
c)
Putting the chromosomes together