Mitosis
PPT Questions
1.
From where do new cells arise?
2.
Why does the body constantly make new cells?
3.
Is cell division the same in all cells? Explain.
4.
Why must each new cell get a complete copy of the original cell’s DNA?
5.
Copying DNA is known as ____________________.
6.
The original cell that divides is called the _____________ cell, while the two, new identical cells
are called ______________ cells.
Chromosomes
7.
Describe the chromosome of a prokaryote like a bacterial cell.
8.
About how many chromosomes are in the body cell of eukaryotes?
9.
How many chromosomes are in a human body cell?
10.
What makes up each chromosome?
11.
Chromosomes can only be seen when a cell is __________________.
12.
Uncoiled chromosomes are called ____________________.
13.
What are duplicated (doubled) chromosomes called?
14.
What holds chromatids together?
15.
Sketch & label all parts of sister chromatids.
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Cell Reproduction
16.
What is asexual reproduction?
17.
Give 2 examples of asexual reproduction.
a.
b.
18.
What is sexual reproduction and give an example?
19.
Which process produces identical new cells --- mitosis, meiosis, or both?
Prokaryotic Cell Division
20.
Name a prokaryote that reproduces by binary fission.
21.
Sketch and explain how binary fission occurs in a bacterial cell.
22.
What forms to divide the 2 new bacterial cells?
Cell Cycle
23.
Name the 5 phases of the cell cycle.
24. What is the longest phase of the cell cycle?
25.
Which phase has 3 stages & name them?
26.
Which phase has 4 stages & name them?
the shortest phase?
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27.
Describe what occurs in the G1 stage of interphase.
28.
When is DNA copied?
29.
How do the new copies of DNA compare to the original DNA?
30.
What does a cell make during the G2 stage right before mitosis?
31.
Name a structure needed for cell division that is made during the G2 stage. In what type of cell is
this organelle found?
32.
Can the nucleus and nucleolus be seen during interphase?
33.
Sketch & label all parts of the cell cycle.
Mitosis
34.
What part of a cell actually divides during mitosis?
35.
In which type of cell does mitosis occur --- prokaryote or eukaryote? Explain why.
36.
Name a type of cell that doesn’t undergo mitosis.
37.
Name, in order, the four stages of mitosis.
38.
Name 2 things that happen to a cell during Early Prophase.
a.
b.
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39.
What happens to the nucleus & nucleolus during prophase?
40.
Why do chromosomes become visible during prophase?
41.
What are kinetochores?
42.
Where do kinetochore fibers attach to a chromosome?
43.
What finishes forming by the end of Late Prophase?
44.
Sketch and label a kinetochore fiber attached to a chromosome.
45. From what does the spindle form in plants?
46.
in animals?
What are asters & where are they in a cell?
47. Where are the poles of a cell?
48.
49.
50.
the equator of a cell?
Sketch & label the parts of a spindle.
What happens to chromosomes during metaphase?
During metaphase, where do chromosomes line up & what MOVES them there?
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51.
Which mitotic phase occurs rapidly?
52.
What happens to sister chromatids during anaphase?
53.
What pulls sister chromatids apart during anaphase?
54.
Where are chromatids located during telophase?
55.
What disassembles in telophase?
56.
What reforms around each set of sister chromatids during telophase?
57.
What organelle reappears inside the nucleus?
58.
During telophase as the chromosomes uncoil, they reappear as ____________________.
59.
What process or phase follows telophase?
60.
What divides during cytokinesis?
61.
Explain how cytokinesis occurs in plants.
62.
Explain how cytokinesis occurs in animals.
63.
How does the chromosome number of the parent cell compare to that of the 2 daughter cells? How
do the 3 cells compare in size?
64.
What is the first thing the daughter cells must do following cytokinesis?
65.
If the parent cell has a chromosome number of 2n = 6, what will be the chromosome number of the
daughter cells?
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66. Label these mitosis diagrams.
67.
Label these stages.
68. Eukaryotic cell division is used for _______________
and _____________ of cells.
69. Parent cells before division are diploid or _______ chromosome number. What will be the chromosome
number of the two new cells?
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70.
.Name these actual stages of cell division.
TEST YOURSELF ON MITOSIS
71. Identify these stages.
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72. Locate the four mitotic stages.
73.
Eukaryotic cells before and after mitosis are ________________ or 2n.
74.
What happens if mitosis is NOT controlled?
75.
What are oncogenes?
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