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Lesson Assessment: Mitosis
1. What protein are microtubules made of?
a) actin
b) hydroxylase
c) myosin
d) tubulin
2. When are the microtubules of the mitotic spindle assembled?
a) prophase
b) interphase
c) anaphase
d) metaphase
3. Cancer is a disease of mitosis because it is marked by unlimited cell _____.
a) replication
b) division
c) migration
d) remission
4. What is the correct sequence for the four stages of mitosis?
a) telophase, metaphase, anaphase, and prophase
b) metaphase, prophase, anaphase, and telophase
c) prophase, anaphase, metaphase, and telophase
d) prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase
5. Which meiotic phase is most similar to metaphase of mitosis?
a) anaphase I
b) prophase II
c) metaphase II
d) metaphase I
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Date: _____________
Lesson Assessment: Mitosis
6. During mitosis the chromosomes are "grabbed" by microtubules from each side of the cell, which connect
to them at a specific point. That specific point is called a(n) _____.
a) kinetikine
b) chromatic
c) kinetochore
d) aster
7. What causes the alignment of chromosomes in the center of the cell during metaphase?
a) synapsis
b) the metaphase plate
c) the contractile ring
d) microtubules
8. What is the process by which a cell divides its cytoplasm to produce two daughter cells?
a) cytokinesis
b) cytoplasmic separation
c) kinetichore movement
d) cell kinetics
9. The separation of one cell into two is accomplished by a structure called the _____.
a) centriole
b) chloroplast
c) contractile ring
d) endoplasmic reticulum
10. What is the protein structure that serves as the internal scaffolding in a cell?
a) vacuole
b) ribosome
c) cytoplasm
d) cytoskeleton
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ANSWER KEY
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. d
5. c
6. c
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7. d
8. a
9. c
10. d