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CHAPTER 3: CELL DIVISION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 75secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

The nuclear membrane reappears during ___________ .

a)

Anaphase

b)

Metaphase

c)

Prophase

d)

Telophase

2.

Meiosis results in the production of ___________

a)

2 haploid cells

b)

2 diploid cells

c)

4 haploid cells

d)

4 diploid cells

3.

    The diagram below shows the cell division that occurs in pollen grain. Name the cell division and its stage.

a)

Meiosis; Metaphase I

b)

Meiosis; Metaphase II

c)

Meiosis; Anaphase I

d)

Meiosis; Anaphase II

4.

Interphase is part of the cell cycle when

a)

a germ cell forms its spindle apparatus

b)

a cell ceases to function

c)

a cell grows and replicates its DNA

d)

mitosis proceeds

5.

Centromeres of the chromosomes split during

a)

Prophase II

b)

Metaphase

c)

Anaphase

d)

Telophase I

6.

If a cell completed the mitosis but not cytokinesis, the result would be a cell with …………

a)

A single large nucleus

b)

High concentrations of actin and myosin (protein in muscles)

c)

Two nuclei

d)

Two abnormally small nuclei

7.

1. Which of the following events occurs during prophase I?

a)

Movement of chromosomes to opposite poles

b)

Duplication of chromatids

c)

Reduction in chromosome number

d)

Synapsis and crossing over

8.

Shortening of the spindle fibers occur during which stage of mitosis?

a)

Prophase

b)

Anaphase

c)

Metaphase

d)

Telophase

9.

What happen during replication in the S phase of the cell cycle?

a)

The number of chromatids doubled

b)

The number of chromosomes doubled

c)

The number of homologous chromosomes doubled

d)

The amount of energy in mitochondria doubled

10.

During mitosis, nucleolus begins to disappear at ____________.

a)

Late prophase

b)

Early prophase

c)

Late metaphase

d)

Early metaphase

11.

If the liver cells of an animals have 24 chromosomes, how many chromosomes do its sperm cell have?

a)

6

b)

24

c)

12

d)

48

12.

A cell of snapdragon (Antirrhinum sp.) contains 16 chromatids at the metaphase of mitosis. After the cell divides completely, how many chromatids are found in each daughter cell?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

16

d)

32

13.

How does mitosis in plant cells differ from mitosis in animal cells?

a)

Plant cells lack centrioles

b)

Plant cell form spindle fibers

c)

Plant cells produce cleavage furrows

d)

Plant cells carry out cytokinesis after mitosis

14.

In which region are the chromatids attached together?

a)

Centriole

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Centromere

d)

Centrosome

15.

All the following are functions of meiosis in plants except

a)

to produce spores

b)

to produce identical daughter cells

c)

to produce chromosome number by half

d)

for an independent assortment of chromosomes