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CHAPTER 3: CELL DIVISION

LEARNING OUTCOMES

3.1 The cell cycle

a) Show the stages of cell cycle
b) Explain the stages in cell cycle

3.2 Mitosis
a) Describe the four stages of mitosis and the behaviour of the chromosome for each stage
b) Describe briefly the cytokinesis process in animal and plant cell
c) Compare the cell division in animal and plant.

3.3 Meiosis
a) Define chromatid, homologous chromosome, synapsis, bivalent, tetrad, chiasmata, crossing over
and centromere
b) State the stages of Meiosis I and Meiosis II
c) Explain the behavior of the chromosomes at each stage

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. “The cell's DNA replicates”. This event fibers, cytokinesis, new nuclear
occurs in cell cycle during membrane form.
A. M phase B. Interphase, centrioles move to
B. S phase opposite poles, anaphase,
C. G1 phase chromosome decondense
D. G2 phase C. Interphase, sister chromatids
completely separated, kinetochores
2. Which of the following statement is attach to the spindle fibers,
FALSE about the cell cycle? cytokinesis.
A. Development of spindle fibers D. Chromosomes condense, DNA
occur in G2 replication occurs, nuclear
B. The cell spends the most amount of membrane breaks down, telophase.
time in G2 phase
C. G1 is the longest time taken in the 4. Interphase is the part of the cell cycle
cell cycle of most cells when ___________.
D. G1 is the time when the cell A. a cell ceases to function
increases in size B. a germ cell forms its spindle
apparatus
3. The events in the cell cycle that are in C. a cell grows and replicates its DNA
the CORRECT order is D. mitosis proceeds
A. Chromosome align at equator,
kinetochores attach at spindle

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5. FIGURE 1 shows the phases in a cell B. Nuclear envelope disappears

cycle. C. Sister chromatids separate from
each other to the poles of the cells.
D. Two cells formed by formation of
cleavage furrow

10. How does mitosis in plant cells differ

from that in animal cells?
A. Animal cells form cell plate
FIGURE 1 B. Animal cells lack cytokinesis
Which phase do synthesis of C. Plant cells form cell plate
mitochondria and chloroplast occur? D. Plant cells lack spindle fibers
A. G1
11. Which of the following statements is
B. S
FALSE about mitosis?
C. G2
A. Single nucleus gives rise to two
D. M
B. Produces identical daughter nuclei
6. Which of the following is not a stage of C. The centromeres divide at the onset
mitosis? of anaphase
A. Prophase D. Homologous chromosomes align at
B. interphase the metaphase plate
C. metaphase
12. The phase of cell division in which the
D. anaphase
nuclear envelope and nucleolus are
7. Synthesis of RNA and proteins take disappearing is called
place in ______________. A. Metaphase
A. G1 phase B. Telophase
B. S phase C. Anaphase
C. karyokinesis D. Prophase
D. cytokinesis
13. All of the following occur during
8. Which phase comes between G1 and prophase of mitosis in animal cells
G2 Phase? EXCEPT
A. G0 A. The centrioles move toward
B. S opposite poles
C. M B. Chromosomes are duplicated
D. Prophase C. The nucleolus can no longer be seen
D. The spindle is organized
9. Which of the following is 'the
behaviour of the chromosome' during 14. The significance of mitosis in human
mitosis? are:
A. Early mitotic spindle formed from I. Asexual reproduction
the centrosomes II Repair of damaged tissue

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III. Growth
IV. Gamete production
A. I only I
B. II and III
C. II and III
D. I and IV
15. Which of the following statements is
NOT TRUE?
A. Mitosis produces new nuclei with
exactly the same chromosomal
number as the parent nucleus
B. Mitosis produces genetically non
identical daughter cells as the
parent cell
C. Mitosis and cytokinesis are
required for asexual reproduction
D. The mitotic spindles in eukaryotic
cells are composed of microtubules
16. During prophase a homologous pair of
chromosome consist of
A. 4 chromosomes or 4 chromatids
B. 2 chromosomes or 2 chromatids
C. 2 chromosomes or 4 chromatids
D. 1 chromosome or 2 chromatids
17. After mitosis, the chromosome number
of a daughter cell is _____the parent
cell’s.
A. the same as
B. rearranged compared to
C. one-half
D. doubled compared to
18. Taxol is an anticancer drug extracted
from the Pacific yew tree. In animal
cells, taxol distrupts microtubules
formation by binding to microtubules
and accelerating their assembly from
the protein precursor, tubulin.
Surprisingly, this stops mitosis.
Specifically, taxol must affect
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A. The fibers of the mitotic spindle
B. Formation of centrioles
C. Chromatid assembly
D. Anaphase
19. In animal cells, cytokinesis takes place
by
A. Cytoplasmic contraction
B. Membrane fusion
C. Furrowing process
D. Formation of cell plate
20. Cytokinesis usually, but not always,
follows mitosis. If a cell completed
mitosis but not cytokinesis, the result
would be a cell with
A. A single large nucleus
B. Two nuclei
C. High concentrations of actin and
myosin
D. Two nuclei but with half the
amount of DNA
21. How do the daughter cells at the end of
mitosis and cytokinesis compare with
their parent cell when it was in G1 of
the cell cycle?
A. The daughter cells have half the
amount of cytoplasm and half
number of DNA
B. The daughter cells have same
amount of cytoplasm and half
number of DNA
C. The daughter cells have same
number of chromosomes and half
number of DNA
D. The daughter cells have same
number of chromosomes and same
number of DNA
22. Where do the microtubules of the
spindle originate during mitosis in both
plant and animal cells?
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A. Centromere
B. Centriole
C. Centrosome
D. Kinetochore
23. When pairs of homologous
chromosomes separate during
anaphase I,
A. The maternal chromosomes all
move to one daughter cell, and the
paternal chromosomes cell. all
move to the other daughter cell
B. The sister chromatids remain
linked to one another
C. The genetic composition remain
the same
D. Centromere splits
24. Immediately after telophase I of
meiosis, the chromosomal makeup of
each daughter cell is
A. Diploid, and the chromosomes are
composed of a single chromatid
B. Diploid, and the chromosomes are
composed of the two chromatids
C. Haploid, and the chromosomes are
composed of a single chromatid
D. Haploid, and the chromosomes are
composed of two chromatids.
25. All of the following are functions of
meiosis in plants EXCEPT
A. Production of spores
B. Reduction of chromosome number
by half
C. Production of identical daughter
cells
D. Independent assortment of
chromosomes
26. How do the cells at the completion of
meiosis differ from the parent cell
during G2 phase?
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A. They have twice the amount of
cytoplasm and half the number of
DNA
B. They have half the number of
chromosomes and half the number
of DNA
C. They have the same number of
chromosomes and half the number
of DNA
D. They have half the number of
chromosomes and one-fourth the
number of DNA
27. Which of the following statements
about crossing over is INCORRECT?
A. Crossing over combines sections of
the maternal and paternal
chromosomes
B. Crossing over plays a role in both
sexual and asexual reproduction
C. There are on average one to three
crossover events per chromosome
D. Crossing over increases the extent
of genetic variation beyond what is
possible through independent
assortment alone
28. When comparing prophase I of meiosis
with prophase of mitosis, which of the
following occurs only in
meiosis?
A. The chromosomes condense
B. The nuclear envelope disassembles
C. Tetrads form
D. A spindle forms
29. Which of these statements is FALSE?
A. In humans, each of the 22 maternal
autosomes has a homologous
paternal chromosome
B. In humans, the 23rd pair, the sex
chromosomes, determines whether
the person is female or male
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C. Single, haploid set of chromosomes

in ovum and sperm unite during
fertilization, forming a diploid,
single celled zygote
D. At sexual maturity, ovaries and
testes produce diploid gametes by
meiosis
30. During meiosis, the formation of four
nuclei occurs at
A. Prophase I
B. Metaphase I FIGURE 3
C. Anaphase II Which diagram represents prophase I
D. Telophase II of meiosis?
A. I
31. FIGURE 2 shows an animal cell at the B. III
stage of anaphase II. C. II
D. IV

34. The following of cell division the

chromosome composed of two
chromatids,
A. The G1 phase of a mitotic cell cycle
B. Late anaphase of mitosis
C. Late anaphase II of meiosis
FIGURE 2
D. Telophase I of meiosis
What is number of chromosomes that
are found in the animal’s diploid cell? 35. Which the following is TRUE about
A. 3 meiosis?
B. 6 I. Meiosis occurs to form gametes
C. 12 II. The genetic constitution of the
D. 24 daughter cells is the same
III. The number of chromosomes is
32. During which phase does the DNA
reduced by half
make a copy of itself?
IV. Two daughter cells are formed at
A. Prophase
the end of the process
B. Metaphase
C. Interphase A. I, II and III
D. Anaphase B. II and IV
C. I and III
33. FIGURE 3 below shows stages of cell
D. D. IV only
division.
36. Which of the following happens at the
completion of meiosis I?

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A. Homologous chromosomes are

separated
B. The chromosome number is
conserved
C. Sister chromatids are separated
D. Four daughter cells are formed

37. Homologous chromosomes separate

and end up at the opposite spindle
poles FIGURE 4
during _______________. How many chromosomes are in a
A. prophase I gamete of organism X?
B. prophase II A. 10
C. anaphase I B. 20
D. anaphase II C. 40
D. 80
38. Sister chromatids separate and end up
opposite spindle poles during 42. The chromosomal number of an
_________ organism is 12. What is the
A. prophase I chromosomal number of gamete cells,
B. prophase II somatic cells and embryonic cells of
C. anaphase I the organism?
D. anaphase II Gamete Somatic Embryo
cell cell cell
39. Meiosis is a division mechanism that
A. 12 12 12
produces _________________.
B. 6 12 6
A. two cells
C. 6 12 12
B. two nuclei
D. 12 6 12
C. eight cells
D. four nuclei
43. Which of the following human cells is
produced through meiosis?
40. At what phase of meiosis are there two
A. Muscle cell
cells, each with sister chromatids
B. Nerves cell
aligned at the spindle equator?
C. Sperm cell
A. metaphase II
D. Epithelial cell
B. anaphase I
C. metaphase I
44. FIGURE 5 two stages in meiosis.
D. anaphase II

41. FIGURE 4 shows the chromosomes in

the liver cell of organism X.

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FIGURE 5
What is the chromosomal behaviour at
stage P?
A. Chromosomes thicken and
condense
B. Chromosomes arrange themselves
around equatorial plane
C. Homologous chromosomes pair
together and crossing-over occurs
D. Homologous chromosomes
separate and move to the opposite
poles
45. The evolutionary advantage of meiosis
can be best explained by which of
these statements?
A. Meiosis alternates with mitosis
from one to the next generation
B. Meiosis is essential for sexual
reproduction
C. Passing of the same genetic system
from one to next generation
D. Genetic recombination is possible
from one to next generation
46. The reason for daughter cells to differ
from parent cells and also each other in
meiosis is;
A. Segregation and crossing over
B. Segregation and independent
assortment
C. Segregation, crossing over and
independent assortment
D. Independent assortment and
crossing over
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47. FIGURE 6 shows a stage in one of the
phases in meiosis
FIGURE 6
What is the importance of R?
A. Replace dead cells
B. Variation among the species
C. Maintains diploid chromosome
number in a zygote
D. Causes genetically identical from
the parent cell to the next
generation
48. The following are stages in cytokinesis
in plant cells.
I. The vesicles fuse to form a
continuous barrier
II. The golgi apparatus produces
vesicles
III. The vesicles migrate to the equator
of the cell
IV. The carbohydrate content in the
vesicles is used to form the cell
wall
Which of the following is the correct
sequence of these stages?
A. I, II, III, IV
B. II, III, I, IV
C. II, I, III, IV
D. IV, II, III, I
49. A cell with 10 chromosomes
undergoes mitosis. How many
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daughter cells are created? ___ Each

daughter cell has ___ chromosomes.
A. 2, 10
B. 10, 2
C. 1, 10
D. 2, 20

50. Which of the following accurately

describes cytokinesis in plant cells?
A. A contractile ring forms followed
by a cleavage furrow, splitting the
cell into two.
B. A plate forms from vesicles fused
together in the center of the cell,
separating the cell into two.
C. A contractile ring forms followed
by a plate, splitting the cell into
two.
D. A plate forms from vesicles,
followed by a cleavage furrow,
separating the cell into two.

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