Quiz 11
Ch 11
Name________________________
Remote # ____________
1. Which of the following correctly lists the order of the
stages during mitosis?
that the nucleus is not present and that chromosomes
are condensed and lined up independently in the
center of the cell. What are the possible stages of
division you might be observing in this cell?
a. metaphase, telophase, anaphase,
prophase
b. anaphase, prophase, metaphase,
telophase.
c. prophase, metaphase, anaphase,
telophase
d. telophase, metaphase, anaphase,
prophase
a. metaphase of mitosis
b. metaphase of meiosis I
c. metaphase of meiosis II
d. metaphase of mitosis or meiosis I
e. metaphase of mitosis or meiosis II
2. During the process of cytokinesis in plants,
__________.
7. ____________________ are alternate forms of a
given gene.
a. carbohydrate-containing vesicles fuse in
the center of the cell, eventually splitting the
cell in two
b. microfilaments squeeze the cell in two
c. the cytoplasm moves from one spindle
pole to the other
d. chromosomes move to opposite sides of
the cytoplasm
a. allotropes
b. DNA
c. alleles
d. gametes
8. The specific place on a chromosome where a gene
resides is called a(n) ___________.
a. allele
b. centromere
c. homologue
d. locus
3. Which of the following is NOT a function of mitosis
in a multicellular organism?
a. growth from a fertilized egg
b. replacement of damaged cells
c. maintenance of tissues
d. production of gametes
9. What is the ultimate source of genetic variability in
organisms?
a. sexual reproduction
b. DNA replication
c. homologous chromosomes
d. mutations in DNA
4. Meiosis comes from a Greek word that means "to
decrease." What decreases during the process of
meiosis?
a. the size of chromosomes
b. the number of cells
c. the length of the DNA double helices
d. the number of chromosomes
10. A diploid cell contains in its nucleus
a. an even number of chromosomes
b. an odd number of chromosomes
c. one copy of each homologue
d. either an even or an odd number of
chromosomes
e. two sister chromatids of each
chromosome during G1
5. During meiosis I, __________ separate; during
meiosis II, __________ separate.
a. homologous chromosomes, sister
chromatids
b. sister chromatids, homologous
chromosomes
c. sister cells, gametes
d. DNA double helices, DNA double helices
11. Synthesis of new DNA occurs during
a. prophase
b. interphase
c. mitosis
6. Imagine that you are looking at a eukaryotic cell in
the microscope. When you examine the cell, you see
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d. cytokinesis
e. formation of the cell plate
12. When do homologous chromosomes pair up?
a. only in mitosis
b. only in meiosis I
c. only in meiosis II
d. in both mitosis and meiosis
e. in neither mitosis nor meiosis
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