Mitosis Lab
Objectives:
1. Identify different phases of mitosis from pictures of actual cells.
2. Use the microscope to find different phases of mitosis.
3. Answer questions about mitosis to increase your understanding of mitosis.
Part One: Identify the Different Phases of Mitosis (4pts).
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Part Three: Questions about Mitosis
1. What is the cell doing before mitosis starts? What the importance of this
step? (2pts)
2. List at least three things that are happening in prophase and explain why it
is important. (3pts)
3. Why do mitosis? List and explain three examples. (1.5pts)
4. How are anaphase and metaphase different? (0.5pt.)
5. How are the two new cells alike and how would they differ from the
mother cell? (EC: 2pt.)
Part Two: Draw pictures of cells that are going through Mitosis (8pts)
Whitefish Blastula (400x)
Onion Root (400x)
Ascaris [roundworm egg] (400x)
Your Pick (400x)