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Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson Review
Mitosis
Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Which of these statements most likely describes
what could happen if DNA is not duplicated
during interphase?
3. Alla uses a microscope to look at slides of onion
cells. The slides show the stages of the cell
cycle. The slides are labeled and in the correct
order, starting with interphase. In which slide
would Alla first see chromosomes?
A. The new cells would be more numerous.
B. The new cells would have too many
chromosomes.
A. anaphase
B. prophase
C. The new cells would have too many or too
few nuclei.
C. telophase
D. cytokinesis
D. The new cells would have an incorrect
number of chromosomes.
4. Why does cell division take place in
single-celled organisms?
2. The figure below shows the basic concepts of
cell division.
A. in order for the organisms to grow
B. to reproduce and pass on genetic information
C. to enable the organisms to heal injured
tissues
D. to make specialized cells for different
functions
5. Which of these lists presents the stages of the
cell cycle in the correct order?
A. interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
B. cytokinesis, mitosis, interphase
C. mitosis, interphase, cytokinesis
D. interphase, cytokinesis, mitosis
Which of these statements describes what
happens during stage 1?
A. DNA is copied.
B. Chromosomes unwind.
C. The nucleus duplicates.
D. The chromosomes separate.
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