Post-Test
Cell Cycle
SC.7.L.16.3 Compare and contrast the general processes of sexual reproduction requiring
meiosis and asexual reproduction requiring mitosis.
SC.7.N.3.2 Identify the benefits and limitations of the use of scientific models.
1. What happens in a cell during interphase?
A. Chromatin is visible
B. The cell makes a copy of DNA
C. The cell makes a copy of all organelles
D. All of the above
2. What occurs in a cell undergoing prophase of mitosis?
A. Chromosomes become visible
B. Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
C. Sister chromatids split apart
D. All of the above
3. Which is the longest phase of the cell cycle?
A. Mitosis
B. Prophase
C. Interphase
D. Cytokinesis
4. A chromosome is made up of ________________.
A. Daughter cells
B. Centromeres
C. Sister chromatids
D. Chromatins
5. The Cell Cycle enables multicellular organisms to ________________.
A. Grow and develop
B. Replace old or damaged cells
C. Produce new cells
D. All of the above
6. Cell division is a form of asexual reproduction in ________________.
A. Multicellular organisms
B. Unicellular organisms
C. Animals
D. All of the above
7. Multicellular organisms grow by _______________.
A. Cells stretching and getting much larger
B. Cells stretching and getting longer
C. Cells dividing and producing more cells
D. All of the above
8. What occurs in a cell undergoing cytokinesis?
A. The nucleus begins to break down
B. The cytoplasm divides
C. The nucleus divides
D. The cytoplasm doubles
9. What happens in a cell during anaphase?
A. Sister chromatids are pulled to opposite ends of the cell
B. The cell makes a copy of the sister chromatids
C. Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
D. Damaged sister chromatids are replaced by new ones
10. What happens in a cell during metaphase?
A. The nuclear membrane breaks up
B. Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
C. Sister chromatids are pulled to opposite ends of the cell
D. All of the above
11. What happens in a cell during telophase?
A. The nuclear membrane starts to reform
B. The spindle fibers disappear
C. Chromosomes unwind to become chromatin
D. All of the above
12. Which of the following IS a limitation of using a model of the cell cycle
rather than viewing the process of a cell cycle under a microscope?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The model can be touched and taken apart.
The model can be viewed without magnification
The model may not show every detail.
The model can be two or three dimensional.