Mitosis and Cell Cycle
  • 1. The simple meaning of synthesis is "___"
A) to make
B) to divide
C) to hide
D) to die
  • 2. The sugar in DNA is ___
A) deoxine
B) deoxyribose
C) deribose
D) ribose
  • 3. The sugar in RNA is __
A) deoxine
B) deoxyribose
C) deribose
D) ribose
  • 4. Cyto- means ____
A) cut
B) RNA
C) cell
D) DNA
  • 5. The letters for the 4 bases of DNA are_____
A) UCGC
B) ATCG
C) AUCG
D) ATUG
  • 6. The building blocks or monomers of DNA and RNA are called ___
A) nucleotides
B) amino acids
C) base pairs
D) helixes
  • 7. The building blocks of proteins are __
A) nucleotides
B) fats
C) amino acids
D) sugars
  • 8. What is this a picture of?
A) RNA
B) a plant cell
C) DNA
D) an animal cell
  • 9. What is this a picture of?
A) a cell
B) RNA stran
C) a DNA helix
D) a nucleotide
  • 10. What is letter A?
A) A sugar in DNA
B) A DNA base
C) protein
D) A phosphate in DNA
  • 11. What is letter C?
A) A DNA base
B) a lipid
C) a sugar in DNA
D) a phosphate in DNA
  • 12. What is letter B?
A) a phosphate in DNA
B) a DNA base
C) a DNA sugar
D) a carbohydrate
  • 13. This image is sometimes called a ___
A) phase of mitosis
B) double helix
C) cell cycle
D) single strand
  • 14. How might you know that this is DNA?
A) it contains nitrogen
B) it has 1 strand
C) it is colorful
D) it has 2 strands
  • 15. What does this diagram represent?
A) photosynthesis
B) Mitosis
C) Cell Cycle
D) lipids
  • 16. What does G1 stand for?
A) gray area
B) gestation
C) cell growth
D) good cell
  • 17. What does S stand for?
A) strong cell
B) slow process
C) DNA synthesis
D) cytoplasm
  • 18. What does G2 stand for?
A) good cell
B) growth to prepare for mitosis
C) first growth phase
D) all of these
  • 19. What does M stand for?
A) milk
B) mild growth
C) mitosis
D) muscle
  • 20. Cell division occurs in mitosis.
A) False
B) True
  • 21. Cell division during DNA synthesis.
A) True
B) False
  • 22. Why does the cell cycle have "checkpoints"?
A) To help prevent cancer and "bad" mutations
B) to give the cell a chance to divide
C) none of these
D) to produce more mitochondria
  • 23. What is NOT happening during Interphase?
A) rest
B) cell division (mitosis)
C) growth
D) DNA replication
  • 24. When 2 daughter cells are produced, they are ____ to the original parent cell.
A) not identical genetically
B) completely different from each other
C) identical genetically
  • 25. Chromosomes are actually ___
A) coiled up DNA
B) coiled up cytoplasm
C) carbohydrates
D) lipids
  • 26. In order, what are the phases of mitosis?
A) prophase-metaphase-anaphase-telophase
B) metaphase-prophase-teophase-anaphase
C) telophase-prophase-metaphase-anaphase
D) none-of these
  • 27. The phase of mitosis when the chromosomes line up in the "middle".
A) metaphase
B) metaphase
C) anaphase
D) prophase
  • 28. The phase of mitosis when the chromosomes are pulled "away" from each other
A) anaphase
B) metaphase
C) prophase
D) telophase
  • 29. The phase of mitosis when the nucleus starts to disappear and chromosomes condense
A) prophase
B) anaphase
C) metaphase
D) telophase
  • 30. What phase of mitosis does this show?
A) anaphase
B) all of these
C) telophase
D) metaphase
  • 31. What process is happening in this picture?
A) cytokinesis
B) DNA synthesis
C) RNA replication
D) carbohydrate synthesis
  • 32. What will be result after this process?
A) One full grown new cell is produced
B) 2 completely different cells are produced
C) 2 identical daughter cells are produced
D) all of these
  • 33. When is DNA replication?
A) all of these
B) during Interphase
C) during prophase
D) during G0
  • 34. Which stage of the Cell Cycle is the longest?
A) prophase
B) mitosis
C) Interphase
D) cytokinesis
  • 35. Cytokinesis means that the cell ____
A) disappears
B) mutates
C) splits into 2
D) becomes cancer
  • 36. Cytokinesis occurs after what phase of mitosis?
A) anaphase
B) metaphase
C) telophase
D) none of these
  • 37. What type of cell is this?
A) animal cell
B) cancer cell
C) plant cell
D) bacteria cell
  • 38. What type of cell is this?
A) bacteria cell
B) plant cell
C) animal cell
D) cancer cell
  • 39. the process by which new body cells are formed for growth or repair
A) mitosis
B) meiosis
C) DNA replication
D) cancer
  • 40. Prokaryotes are always ____ cells.
A) all of these
B) plant
C) animal
D) bacteria
  • 41. Eukaryotes are always ___cells
A) only animal
B) bacteria
C) plant or animal
D) only plant
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