Scoring Name ____________________________________

Mitosis tutorial
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Onion root tip
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Onion root tip graph
Mitosis in Whitefish
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Mitosis
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In this internet lesson, you will review the steps of mitosis and
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meiosis and view video simulations of cell division. You will also
Total view an onion root tip and calculate the percentage of cells at
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each of the stages of cell division.
Mitosis Tutorial
https://www.cellsalive.com/cell_cycle.htm
Use the animation to complete the diagram below. Label each section of the cell cycle and
describe the major events in each part.
1. What is the longest phase of the cell cycle?
_________________________________________
2. What happens during this phase?
_________________________________________
3. What kind of cell might remain in the G0
phase? __________________________________
4. What happens during the G1 phase? ______
_________________________________________
5. What is the G1 checkpoint? _______________
________________________________________
6. What is the purpose of the S phase? ___________________________________________________
7. Why does the cell need to go through the G2 phase? ____________________________________
8. What is the G2 checkpoint? ___________________________________________________________
9. What is the metaphase checkpoint? ___________________________________________________
Click on https://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm. Read the text on this page and
In which stage does the following occur?
1. Chromatin condenses into chromosomes
2. Chromosomes align in center of cell.
3. Longest part of the cell cycle.
4. Nuclear envelope breaks down.
5. Cell is cleaved into two new daughter cells.
6. Daughter chromosomes arrive at the poles.
Select Start Animation. You can slow down the video by clicking step by step through the
phases. Watch the video carefully.
The colored chromosomes represent chromatids. There are two of each color because one is
an exact duplicate of the other
7. How many chromosomes are visible at the beginning of mitosis?
8. How many are in each daughter cell at the end of mitosis?
9. What are the little green T shaped things in the
cell?
10. What happens to the centrioles during
mitosis?

3. Identify the stages of these cells:

Onion Root Tip – Phase Time

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html
Read the introduction, then click the “next” button.
1. What defining features allowed you to identify the phase of each cell?
a. interphase ________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
b. prophase _________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
c. metaphase _______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
d. anaphase ________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
e. telophase _________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. What marks the beginning of prometaphase? _________________________________________
3. What makes up a kinetochore? _______________________________________________________
You will have 36 cells to classify. When you’re finished, record your data in
the chart below.
Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase Total

Number of cells 36

Percent of cells
(calculate: number of cells 100 %
divided by total cells x 100 )

4. Make a graph of the data you have collected showing the time a cell spends in each
phase of the cell cycle. Be sure to label all parts of the
graph. (Each section is 5%.)
Key:
Phase Percent Color

5. Of the four stages of mitosis, which one takes the most time to complete? _________ Why?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
6. Which phase is the shortest in duration? _______________________________________________
7. What would happen if the process of mitosis skipped metaphase? _______________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
8. What would happen if the process of mitosis skipped telophase? ________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Mitosis in Whitefish & Onion Roots

http://www.biologycorner.com/projects/mitosis.html
For each organism, identify the stage of mitosis. Write the name of the phase in the space.
View 1 View 2 View 3 View 4 View 5
Whitefish
 View 1 View 2 View 3 View 4 View 5
Onion

Mitosis Mover
https://biomanbio.com/HTML5GamesandLabs/Genegames/mitosismoverpage.html
(search bioman mitosis mover)
Click Start a New Game and follow the interactive to complete the questions.
1. What are the three main divisions of the cell cycle?
a. _______________________ b. _______________________ c. _______________________
2. What happens during interphase? ____________________________________________________
3. What is chromatin? __________________________________________________________________
4. What has to happen in a cell before mitosis can occur? _________________________________
5. Why do new cells need to be made?
a. _______________________ b. _______________________ c. _______________________
6. What is the ultimate result of mitosis? _________________________________________________
7. What are the four divisions of mitosis?
a. ________________ b. ________________ c. ________________ d. ________________
8. What important event happens in prophase? __________________________________________
Why does this occur? _________________________________________________________________
9. What are the two halves of the chromosome called? ___________________________________
How do the two strands compare? ____________________________________________________
10. What happens to the nucleus during prophase? ________________________________________
Why? _______________________________________________________________________________
11. Where do the chromosomes go during metaphase? _____________________________________
12. What happens to the sister chromatids during anaphase? _______________________________
13. What happens in telophase?
a. __________________________________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________________________________
14. What divides the cells completely? ____________________________________________________
15. What is the final result? _______________________________________________________________
16. Take a screen shot of your quiz score and air drop it to Mrs. Franks. Repeat the activity
until you make an A on the quiz.