Biology Block______ Name____________________________________
Dr. Wexler
Mitosis Quiz (closed note)
Date_________

1.There are two primary phases in the cell cycle. The name of the cell cycle involving nuclear division is ______. The name of the cell cycle in which the cell grows and prepares for cellular division is _______.

a. interphase, meiosis

b. mitosis, interphase

c. prophase, anaphase

d. metaphase, telophase

e. mitosis, meiosis 

Match the following phases of the cell cycle with the primary activity of that phase:

2. chromatids separate and migrate to opposite poles

3. chromosomes condense

4. cell is not dividing

5. nuclear envelope forms around daughter nuclei & cytokinesis begins

6. chromosomes align between two poles

     a. prophase

b.  telophase

c. anaphase

d. interphase

e. metaphase

7. The following is a picture of what phase of nuclear division:

a. telophase

b. anaphase

c. metaphase

d. interphase

e. prophase

8. Which one of the photos below depicts cytokinesis of an animal cell. 

a. left image

b. right image

9. During replication the chromosomes are condensed and compact.

a. True

b. False

10. If a somatic cell of a diploid organism has 6 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will each daughter cell have after mitosis (mitotic cell division)?

a. 2

b. 4

c. 6

d. 12

11. After mitotic cell division in a diploid organism, each cell (parent cell and daughter cell) does NOT have...

a. duplicated chromosomes

b. homologous chromosomes

c. the same number of chromosomes as before division

d. a nuclear membrane

12. Cells spend the most amount of time in which phase?

a. interphase

b. prophase

c. metaphase

d. anaphase

e. telophase

13. During which phase of mitosis do chromosomes condense?

a. interphase

b. prophase

c. metaphase

d. anaphase

e. telophase

14. Prokaryotic cells divide by the process of...

a. mitosis

b. meiosis

c. nuclear fusion

d. binary fission

15. What do you call a eukaryotic cell's genetic material during interphase?

a. chromatid

b. RNA

c. chromosome

d. chromatin

16. The two components that make up a duplicated chromosome are called...

a. homologues

b. sister chromatids

c. translation

d. karyotype

17. In mitosis, chromosomes line up at the equatorial plate during...

a. prophase

b. interphase

c. metaphase

d. anaphase

e. telophase

18. Through a microscope you see a cell plate beginning to develop across the middle of a cell and nuclei reforming on either side of the cell plate. The cell you are looking at is most likely...

a. an animal cell in the process of cytokinesis

b. a plant cell in the process of cytokinesis

c. an animal cell in the S phase of the cell cycle

d. a bacterial cell dividing

e. a plant cell in metaphase

19. How many chromatids are in a duplicated chromosome?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 4

d. 8

20. Which of the following correctly ranks nucleic acid structures in order of size, from smallest to largest?

a. gene, chromosome, nucleotide, codon

b. nucleotide, codon, gene, chromosome

c. chromosome, gene, codon, nucleotide

d. nucleotide, chromosome, gene, codon

e. chromosome, nucleotide, gene, codon

21. Which of the following is not a function of mitosis in humans?

a. repair of wounds

b. growth

c. production of gametes from diploid cells

d. replacement of dead or damaged cells

22. A biologist is measuring the amount of DNA in cells growing in the laboratory. When would the quantity of DNA in a cell would be seen to double?

a. during G1 interphase

b. during prophase

c. during S phase of interphase

d. during G2 phase of interphase

e. during M phase

23. Which two phases of mitosis are essentially opposite with respect to changes in the nucleus?

a. prophase and interphase

b. prophase and metaphase

c. metaphase and anaphase

d. metaphase and telophase

e. prophase and telophase