Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ___________
Mitosis Quiz
1. Sister chromatids are
a. Found only when a cell is not actively dividing
b. Unique to prokaryotes
c. Made only of DNA
d. Tightly linked together at the centromere
e. Formed when chromatids separate during cell division
2. Eukaryotic cells spend most of their cell cycle in which phase?
a. Interphase
b. Telophase
c. Metaphase
d. Anaphase
e. Prophase
3. The process by which the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell divides to produce two
cells is called
a. Cytokinesis
b. Binary fission
c. Telophase
d. Mitosis
e. Spindle formation
4. If the S phase was eliminated from the cell cycle, the daughter cells would
a. Be genetically identical to the parental cell
b. Be genetically identical to each other
c. Synthesize the missing genetic material on their own
d. Have half the genetic material found in the parental cell
e. Have twice the genetic material found in the parental cell
5. Which of the following occurs during interphase?
a. Growth of the aster
b. Duplication of the chromosomes
c. Cell growth
d. Cell growth and duplication of the chromosomes
e. None of the choices are correct
6. The phase of mitosis during which the nuclear envelope fragments and the
nucleoli disappear is called
a. Prophase
b. Interphase
c. Metaphase
d. Telophasae
e. Anaphase
Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ___________
7. During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up on a plane located
equidistant from the two spindle poles?
a. Metaphase
b. Telophase
c. Prophase
d. Interphase
e. Anaphase
8. Which one of the following does NOT occur during mitotic anaphase?
a. Daughter chromosomes begin to move toward opposite poles of the cell
b. The centromeres of each chromosome divide
c. The chromatid DNA replicates
d. Sister chromatids separate
e. All of the choices occur during mitotic anaphase
9. During which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope re-form and the nucleoli
reappear?
a. Prophase
b. Interphase
c. Telophase
d. Metaphase
e. Anaphase
10. Which of the following is a feature of plant cell division that distinguishes it from
animal cell division?
a. A cell plate forms
b. The nucleolus disappears and then reappears
c. Four new cells (rather than two) are produced per mitotic division
d. A cleavage furrow forms
e. Cytokinesis does not occur
11. Prior to mitosis, each chromosome of a eukaryotic cell consists of a pair of
identical structures call
a. Sister chromosomes
b. Nucleoli
c. Chromatin
d. Sister chromatids
e. DNA transcripts
12. List three reasons that cells undergo mitotic cell division.
13. What is the name of the structure where the spindle fibers attach on the sister
chromatids?
Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ___________
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