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Chapter 5 : Cell Division

1. Diagram 3 shows stages P and Q in cell division that takes place in somatic cells and
in a reproductive organ respectively.

Stage P

Stage Q
Diagram 1

(a). Label S and T

[2 marks]

(b).

[1 mark]

(i). Name the stage P.

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(ii). How many chromosome will be received by daughter cells when the cell
division is completed.

[1 mark]

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(iii). State the importance of this cell division for an organism.

[1 mark]

(iv). Name an animal and a plant organ where the cell division in P has occurred.
[2 marks]

(v). Draw a diagram to show the stage after P .

[2 marks]

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(c).

(i). Name stage Q.

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[1 mark]

(ii). Explain the importance of stage Q for the organisms.

[3 marks]

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(iii). Name the organ that carry out the cell division in Diagram 1.

[1 mark]

(iv). Draw a diagram to show the stage after stage Q.

[2 marks]

(d). Compare and contrast between cell division that takes place in somatic cells and an
ovary.

[6 marks]

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Diagram 2 shows the behaviour of the chromosomes during a cell division.

Chromosome

Spindle
fiber

Diagram 2
(a)

(i) Based on Diagram 2, arrange the stages of the cell division in correct
sequence.
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[2 marks]
(ii) Name the process of cell division in Diagram 2.
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[1 mark]

(b)

(i) Draw a diagram to show a daughter cell produced from the cell division
in Diagram 2

[2 marks]
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(ii) State one difference between daughter and the parent cell.
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[1 mark]
(c)

(i) One of the daughter cells produced in Diagram 2 was fertilised, then it
undergoes the process of mitosis twice.
State the chromosomal number produced for each cell.
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[1 mark]
(ii) Explain your answer for (c)(i).
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[2 marks]

(d)

Based on stage A in Diagram 2, explain its significance for living organisms.

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[3 marks]