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Mitosis-Meiosis Test Questions Study Guide
1) In figure 9-16, in which stage does each cell have a single copy of each gene? Identify the stage.
2) If the stages shown in Figure 9-6 are taking place in a human female, normally how many mature eggs will result
from stage G?
3) List the stages in figure 9-6 in which the cells are 2N and those in which the cells are N.
4) In figure 9-6, during which stage might new chromosome combinations form from crossing over? (Figure 9-6 may
or may not be showing this new chromosome combination)
5) List the correct order for the diagrams in figure 8-4.
6) Identify the structures labeled X and Y in figure 8-4.
7) What are the surface area, volume, and ratio of surface area to volume for the cube that is 6 cm3, 3 cm3, 1.5cm3?
8) What will the cubes look like, as far as pinkness absorption if the smallest one will be all pink?
9) What is the difference between X and Y in figure 8-6?
10) Define Mitosis.
11) What is shown in figure 9-3?
12) As a cell becomes larger, what happens to the volume and surface area ?
13) Cancer is a disorder in which some cells have lost the ability to control their…
14) The number of chromosomes in a gamete is represented by the symbol..
15) The process by which a cell divides into two daughter cells is called…
16) How many copies of alleles do gametes have?
17) What is an internal regulator of the cell cycle called?
18) Crossing-over rarely occurs in mitosis, unlike meiosis. What is the likely reason?
19) The two main stages of cell division are called…
20) Chromosomes form tetrads during which phase of mitosis and meiosis?
21) T/F During the cell cycle, the cell makes copies during the G2 phase.
22) The speed with which wastes are produced b a cell depends on the cell’s…
23) One difference between cell division in plant cells and in animal cells is that plant cells have__ while animals have
cleavage.
24) What is the job of the G2 phase?
25) T/F, A large cell needs more oxygen, more demands of DNA, more time for movement of molecules through cell
membrane.
26) Cancer affects what (single/multicellular) organisms?
27) A cell with a defective p53 gene is likely to…
28) Does a large cell have excess oxygen available?
29) Cancer cells form masses of cells called…
30) What happens between meiosis I and meiosis II that reduces the number of chromosomes?
31) What is a tumor?
32) Define cell cycle..
33) The first phase of mitosis is called…
34) The structures labeled B in figure 8-2 are called
35) The structure labeled A in figure 8-2 is called the
36) During which phase(s) of mitosis are structures like the one shown in figure 8-2 visible?
37) Name the first phase of mitosis.
38) Unlike mitosis, meiosis results in the formation of…
39) What happens when cells come into contact with other cells?
40) Gametes are produced by the process of….
41) If an organism’s diploid number is 12, its haploid number is…
42) Unlike mitosis, meiosis creates…
43) What occurs during interphase?
44) What happens when a cell divides?
45) When during the cell cycle is a cell’s DNA replicated?
46) Why do cells grown in a petri dish ten to stop growing once they have covered the bottom of the dish?
47) When during the cell cycle are chromosomes visible?
48) Cell division is represented in figure 8-1 by the letter…
49) In eukaryotic ells, the timing of the cell cycle is regulated by…
50) Cyclins are a family of closely related proteins that…
51) Cells grown in a petri dish ten to divide until they form a thin layer covering the bottom of the dish. If cells are
removed from the middle of the dish, the cells bordering the open space will begin dividing until they have filled
the empty space. What does this experiment show? (Leave room on your answer key, since this has 3 parts).
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What are the parts of interphase?
During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up along the middle of the dividing cell?
What is the role of the spindle during mitosis?
If a cell’s DNA were not copied before cell division, when the cell divides, the cell could….
When cytoplasm from a cell that is undergoing mitosis is injected into a cell that is in interphase, the second cell…
What is a factor that can stop normal cells from growing?
What regulate(s) the cell cycle?
What are the Phases of nuclear cell division (mitosis) in their proper sequence?
During normal mitotic cell division, a parent cell having four chromosomes will produce two daughter cells, each
containing…
Proteins called _______________ regulate the timing of the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells.
The process shown in figure 8-3 occurs only in ____________ cells that have just divided.
The structure labeled A in figure 8-3 is called _________
Look at figure 8-3. The process shown occurs directly following mitosis. This process is called________.
If a normal cell is touched on all sides by other cells and is injected with cyclin from a dividing cell, it probably
will______________.
The main events of the cell cycle are labeled A, B, and C, in figure 8-1. Name these events. Then briefly state
what happens during each event.
9-3
8-3
X
8-6
Y
8-1
B
9-6
A
8-2
8-4