Mitosis Test

1. The process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells is called:
a. Cell division
b. Metaphase
c. Interphase
d. Mitosis
2. If a cell’s DNA were not copied before cell division, the daughter cells:
a. Would not have a full set of DNA
b. Would be cancerous
c. Would have too much DNA
d. Will be healthy cells
3. Sex cells (egg and sperm cells) are also called:
a. Somatic cells
b. Prokaryotic cells
c. Gametes
d. Skin cells
4. Which of the following is a phase in the cell cycle?
a. G1 phase
b. G2 phase
c. M phase
d. All of the above
5. Which pair is correct?
a. G2 phase, DNA replication
b. G3 phase, preparation for mitosis
c. S phase, DNA replication
d. M phase, cell growth
6. Which event occurs during interphase?
a. The cell grows
b. Chromosomes appear
c. Spindle fibers begin to attach to chromosomes
d. Centromeres divide
7. Cell division is represented in figure 10-1 by what letter?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

Figure 10-1
8. The structure labeled A in figure 10-2 is called:
a. Centromere
b. Chromosome
c. Sister chromatids
d. Spindles

9. The structures labeled B in figure 10-2 are called

a. Centromere Figure 10-2
b. Chromosome
c. Sister chromatids
d. Spindles

10. The diploid chromosome number in humans is:

a. 23
b. 92
c. 2
d. 46
11. Mitosis is used to humans to produce new:
a. Body cells
b. Sex cells
c. Neither of the above
d. Both A and B
12. What type of reproduction produces unique offspring?
a. Sexual
b. Asexual
c. Neither
d. Both
13. One difference between cell division in plant and in animal cell is that plant cells have:
a. Centrioles
b. Centromeres
c. A cell plate
d. Chromatin
14. Which of the following is not correct?
a. Homologous chromosomes are paired up in a karyotype
b. A homologous pair contains 2 chromosomes, 1 from each parent
c. Homologous chromosomes contain genes for the same traits
d. Homologous pairs have identical DNA sequences.
15. Diploid cells, such as skin cells and muscle cells, are called _______ and are produced in a process
called _________.
a. Gametes; meiosis
b. Gametes; mitosis
c. Somatic cells; meiosis
d. Somatic cells; mitosis
16. Before a cell divides, DNA will change from a stringy, thin, granular substance called ___ into a
condensed, rod shaped structure called _______.
a. Chromatin; chromosome
b. Chromosome; chromatin
c. Chromatin; RNA
d. Chromosome; protein
17. During which part of the cell cycle does division take place?
a. S phase
b. G1 phase
c. Interphase
d. M phase
18. A cleavage furrow forms during:
a. Telophase
b. Anaphase
c. Metaphase
d. Interphase
19. A haploid human cell contains how many chromosomes?
a. 46
b. 23
c. 40
d. 10
20. You are looking in a microscope at an onion cell dividing. You notice that chromosomes line up by
their centromeres along a line, or equator, in the cell. What phase is this cell in?
a. Prophase
b. Metaphase
c. Anaphase
d. Telophase
21. Refer to figure 1-1 to the right. Which
picture best represents anaphase?
a. 1
b. 6
c. 4
d. 5
22. Refer to figure 1-1 to the right. In picture 2,
what do the thin lines in the nucleus
represent?
a. Chromosomes
b. Chromatids
c. Centrioles
d. chromatin
23. Refer to figure 1-1 to the right. What is the
diploid number of the dividing cell?
a. 8
b. 4 Figure 1-1
c. 2
d. Cannot tell from the picture
24. Refer to figure 1-1 above. What type of cell division occurred?
a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis
c. Sexual
d. Cannot tell from the pictures

25. Refer to figure 1-1 above. What type of daughter cells are created from the cell division above?
a. Somatic cell
b. Sperm cell
c. Egg cells
d. Gametes
26. Which type of cell is most likely to divide most often?
a. Skin cells
b. Nerve cells
c. Liver cells
d. Heart cells
27. What is the correct order of mitosis?
a. Prophase, anaphase, metaphase, telophase
b. Telophase, anaphase, metaphase, prophase
c. Anaphase, metaphase, prophase, telophase
d. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
28. Nerve cells in the human body will not go through the normal cell cycle and will remain in interphase.
What phase will nerve cell remain in?
a. G1
b. S
c. G2
d. G0
29. In which phase does a cell spend most of it’s life?
a. Interphase
b. Telophase
c. Cytokinesis
d. Mitosis
30. Fruit fly body cells have 8 chromosomes. After mitosis, you would expect a resulting fruit fly daughter
cell to have______.
a. 16 chromosomes
b. 46 chromosomes
c. 8 chromosomes
d. 4 chromosomes
31. G1, S, and G2 are parts of which phase of the cell cycle?
a. Cytokinesis
b. Cell division
c. Mitosis
d. Interphase
32. Which of the following describes G1?
a. DNA is replicated
b. Organelles for mitosis (spindles and centrioles are formed)
c. Cell growth and normal function.
33. Which of the following describes G2?
a. DNA is replicated
b. Organelles for mitosis (spindles and centrioles are formed)
c. Cell growth and normal function.
34. Which two phase sometimes overlap? (Select two)
a. Mitosis
b. S phase
c. Interphase
d. Cytokinesis
For each of the following: (referring to events in a body cell)

a. Interphase
b. Prophase
c. Metaphase
d. Anaphase
e. Telophase

*** Each may be used more than one time.

35. The DNA replicates during this stage.

36. Cells are not dividing during this time.

37. The nuclear membrane and nucleolus disappear during this stage.

38. Sister chromatids begin to separate.

39. The chromosomes line up at the center of the cell.

40. A nuclear membrane forms around each set of chromosomes.

41. The chromosomes begin to relax and again appear as a mass of chromatin.

42. In plants, the cell plate is beginning to form.

43. In animal cells, the cell membrane starts to form a cleavage furrow.

44. This is NOT a stage of mitosis.

45. The cell makes additional organelles during this stage.