Mitosis Quiz For High School Students
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This is a quiz on mitosis. It is made for level one honors high school students.
Questions and Answers
- 1.During which phases of mitosis are chromosomes visible?
- A.
Metaphase
- B.
Prophase and metaphase
- C.
Anaphase and prophase
- D.
Anaphase and interphase
- 2.Mitosis takes place in _________. There are four stages. The first is ________. In this stage, chromatin condenses into _________. _________ then separate and spindles begin to form. The nuclear membrane also breaks down. _________ is the next stage. The chromosomes line up across the center, call the metaphase _______, and connect to the _________ at their ___________. Then, in _______, the sister chromatids __________. Finally, in _______, chromosomes gather at opposite ends and two ________________ form. __________ is the process that follows mitosis. It involves the division of the cytoplasm. Mitosis and cytokinesis make up the __________ of the cell cycle.
- 3.What is the role of the spindle during mitosis?
- A.
It breaks down the nuclear membrane
- B.
It duplicates DNA
- C.
It helps separate chromosomes
- D.
It divides the cell in half
- 4.The two main stages of cell division are...
- A.
Mitosis and Interphase
- B.
Cytokinesis and Mitosis
- C.
M phase and S phase
- D.
Synthesis and Cytokinesis
- 5.During normal mitotic division, a parent cell with 4 chromosomes will produce 2 daughter cells each containing...
- A.
Two chromosomes
- B.
Four chromosomes
- C.
Eight chromosomes
- D.
Sixteen chromosomes
- 6.The microtubules of the spindle attach to the chromosomes at...
- A.
Centromere
- B.
Spindle
- C.
Kinetochore
- 7.Mitosis ensures that eac hnew cell inherits
- A.
A full set of chromosomes
- B.
Half the chromosomes
- C.
Regulatory molecules
- D.
More then one gene
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