Cell Cycle - MITOSIS

The Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Biology Worksheet

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Essential Question

.When the body’s (somatic) cells divide they make exact duplicates of themselves. Why is this important?
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How does a cell cycle contribute to survival of an organism?

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Make a drawing of each phase and describe what is happening at each phase

Interphase: G1 Interphase: S

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Interphase: G2 Mitosis: Prophase

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Mitosis: Metaphase Mitosis: Anaphase

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Mitosis: Telophase

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Mitosis: Cytokinesis

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What happens during the G0 phase? Give an example

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Check for Understanding

1. Which of the following represents the correct order of the phases of the cell cycle?

a. G1, G2, S, M
b. G1, G2, M, S
c. G1, S, G2, M
d. G1, S, M, G2
e. G1, M, G2, S

2. The division of the cytoplasm is called

f. Synapsis
g. Mitosis
h. Meiosis
i. Cytokinesis
j. Cytogenetics

3. Which of the following represents the correct order of the phases of mitosis?

k. Prophase, anaphase, metaphase, telophase

l. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
m. Prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase
n. Metaphase, prophase, telophase, anaphase
o. Metaphase, prophase, anaphase, telophase

4. DNA replication occurs in mitosis.

p. True
q. False

5. Mitosis and cytoplasmic division result in the formation of two genetically identical cells.

r. True
s. False

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Name the two major phases of the Cell Cycle.

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What is Mitosis? (Two Words)

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What is Cytokinesis? (Two Words)

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What happens during the S phase?

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DNA exists in condensed chromosome form. What does this mean and during what phases??

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During what two phases of Mitosis can chromosomes be seen in chromatin form?

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Each half of the duplicated chromosome in Metaphase is called a _____________________.

Define Chromatin

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What phase of the Cell Cycle comes after Cytokinesis?

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Thinking Questions

1. Mitosis occurs sequentially. Predict what would happen if a stage was deleted or if the steps were

rearranged. Explain your answer.

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2. Compare prophase with telophase, the final stage in mitosis.

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3. Explain and justify why interphase takes the longest amount of time to occur in a cell cycle.

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4. If cells in the process of dividing are exposed to a drug that interferes with the formation of spindle fibers,

what would happe?

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5. Identify which phase is represented for each image below:

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3. Describe what would happen if the stage that tells the cell to pause replication was missing?

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3. Explain what might happen if there was no checkpoint at G2. What are some of the things that may happen?

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