Mitosis Quiz - Davidson
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Mitosis
- 1.When viewing slides of unknown specimens with a microscope, a student records the following information:Shape - rectangularChlorophyll present - yesCentrioles present - nocell wall - yesAccording to the chart, what type cell is on slide 1?
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A. Animal
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B. Whitefish
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C.Fungi
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D. Plant
- 2.Which of the following organelles is found in animal cells but NOT in plant cells?
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A. chloroplasts
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B. mitochondria
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C. centrioles
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D. ribosomes
- 3.Which of the following statements is true when comparing plant and animal cells?
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A. Plant cells have ribosomes and animal cells do not
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B. Plant cells have a cell membrane and animals cells do not
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C. Animal cells have centrioles and plant cells do not
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D. Animal cells have mitochondria and plant cells do not
- 4.Which of the following make up the cytoskeleton in plant and animal cells?
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A. microtubules and microfilaments
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B. centrioles and microtubules
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C. endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes
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D. chloroplasts and mitochondria
- 5.During which of the following stages of mitosis do sister chromatids line up along the center of the dividing cell?
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A. prophase
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B. metaphase
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C. anaphase
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D. telophase
- 6.The formation of new somatic cells in the human body is the direct result of which of the following processes?
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A. meiosis
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B. mitosis
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C. Aerobic respiration
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D.anaerobic respiration
- 7.Which of the following processes is responsible for maintaining chromosome number during asexual reproduction?
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A. budding
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B. fragmentation
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C. binary fission
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D. mitosis
- 8.What events occur during the mitotic phase of the cell cycle?
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A. the nucleus of the cell divides
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B. cell growth and notmal metabolic processes
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C. the DNA is being replicated
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D. cytoplasm is divided between daughter cells
- 9.What important events occur during interphase of the cell cycle?
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A. cytoplasm is divided equally among the daughter cells
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B. cell growth, production of new organelles, DNA replication
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C. synapsis occurs, homologous chromosomes pair to form tetrads
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D. the chromosomes line up along the center of the cell
- 10.Why is mitosis important for asexual reproduction?
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A. it allows for crossing over to occur
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B. it allows for genetic reproduction
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C. it halves the chromosome number
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D. it keeps the chromosome number constant
- 11.When the cell can no longer take in nutrients, oxygen, and other materials it needs fast enough to meet its needs, which of the folllowing will most likely occur?
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A. hydrolysis
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B. plasmolysis
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C. mitosis
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D. meiosis
- 12.Which of the organelles is not in plant cells?
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A. vacuoles
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B. centrioles
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C. mitachondria
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D. cell plate
- 13.The animal cell centriole is a ring of how many groups of microtubules?
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A. 9
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B. 12
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C. 15
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D. 20
- 14.Microtubules is often referred to as ___________.
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A. chromosomes
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B. chromatids
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C. centromeres
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D. spindle fibers
- 15.A cell in interphase is sometimes said to be resting. This is misleading. Why?
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A. Interphase cells are actively dividing
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B. Interphase cells are synthesizing RNA, proteins and growing in size
- 16.What is the correct order of the mitotic phases?
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A. prophase, anaphase, metaphase, telophase
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B. prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase
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C. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
- 17.In what phase of mitosis do chromatid pairs line up in the center of the cell?
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A. prophase
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B. metaphase
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C. anaphase
- 18.Approximately how much of the cell cycle is spent in interphase?
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A. 10%
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B. 25%
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C. 33%
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D. 85%
- 19.What happpens to centrioles during prophase?
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A. Centrioles align in the middle, the metaphase plate or cell plate, in plant cells
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B. Centrioles align on the spindle fibers
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C. Centrioles more to opposite ends of animal cells
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D. Centrioles join the chromatid pairs together
- 20.In plant cells. what divides the cytoplasm in cytokinesis?
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A. cell plate
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B. cell membrane
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C. cell wall
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D. cell membrane and cell wall
- 21.Every cell in the human body has ___ chromosom pairs.
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A. 22
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B. 23
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C.44
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D. 46
- 22.Mitosis _____________________.
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A. is the division of a cell's nucleus
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B. produces two new identical nuclei htat are identical to the original nucleus
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C. is how cells divide to allow growth and replace worn out or damaged cells
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D. all of the above
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