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Chapter 4: Cell Reproduction

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of these is a part of sexual reproduction?

a)

regeneration

b)

fission

c)

budding cells

d)

zygote

2.

DNA code is ______________ before being passed to new cells.

a)

regenerated

b)

destroyed

c)

copied

d)

doubled

3.

The four nitrogen bases that are found in DNA are adenine, guanine, thymine and ______________.

a)

cytosine

b)

cytoplasm

c)

chromatid

d)

centriole

4.

Of the two types of cells made by the human body, the majority of those cells are ________________.

a)

building cells

b)

body cells

c)

incomplete cells

d)

sex cells

5.

The process of the cell cycle where the nucleus divides to create two identical nuclei is called ________________.

a)

mitosis

b)

interphrase

c)

mutation

d)

DNA

6.

The process of meiosis ensures that organisms will have _____________.

a)

the same diploid number as its parents have

b)

different numbers of chromosomes than its parents have

c)

the ability to reproduce by budding

d)

a different haploid number than its parents have

7.

The final step in the mitosis process for animal cells is _____________.

a)

telophase

b)

interphrase

c)

centrioles

d)

chromosomes

8.

If a diploid tomato cell has 24 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will the tomato's sex cells have?

a)

48

b)

12

c)

6

d)

24

9.

The structure of DNA looks like ____________.

a)

a square of fabric

b)

a twisted ladder

c)

a straight length of rope

d)

a round doughnut hole

10.

Which of these is part of asexual reproduction?

a)

regeneration

b)

egg

c)

zygote

d)

sperm

11.

Each of your cells uses _____________ of the genes in a chromosome.

a)

all

b)

some

c)

none

d)

two

12.

Which of these is the part of the cell that contains hereditary material?

a)

interphrase

b)

mitosis

c)

embryo

d)

chromosome

13.

What can fission be used to do?

a)

asexual reproduction

b)

meiosis

c)

cell cycles

d)

sexual reproduction

14.

Which of these is a possible outcome of a mistake in meiosis?

a)

An organism might change species.

b)

An organism will produce multiple offspring at one time

c)

An organism will produce multiple offspring at one time

d)

An organism might not grow normally.

15.

How many chromosomes are in a human kidney cell?

a)

23

b)

46

c)

8

d)

1

16.

The cell that is formed when fertilization occurs is called ______________.

a)

a mutation

b)

a cytoplasm

c)

a zygote

d)

a ladder

17.

During prophase, the two centrioles ____________________.

a)

move to opposite ends of the cell

b)

turn into chromosomes

c)

help plant cells develop

d)

disintegrate during the process

18.

_______________ is a base found in RNA but not in DNA.

a)

Uracil

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Mitosis

d)

Adenine

19.

When a mistake happens in the process of copying DNA, the result is called ___________.

a)

a nucleus

b)

a zygote

c)

a chromosome

d)

a mutation

20.

A sea star has one of its arms break off. That arm grows into its own seperate organism through ___________________.

a)

spindle fibers

b)

chromosomes

c)

sexual reproduction

d)

regeneration