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1 | Mitosis is synonymous with the cell cycle. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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2 | Define mitosis. |
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3 | Mitosis occurs in bacteria. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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4 | Mitosis usually lasts for less than ________ percent of the time of the cell cycle. |
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| A) | DNA replication
| B) | division of the cytoplasm and cell into two cells, each containing a nucleus
| C) | the cell cycle excluding mitosis; includes C, G1, S, and G2 phases
| D) | the majority of cellular activity
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9 | List the five stages of mitosis in their correct order. |
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Answer choices:
| A) | microtubule organizing centers containing centriole pairs
| B) | structure formed by polar, kinetochore, and astral microtubules
| C) | microtubules connecting the centrioles
| D) | identical pair of chromosomal DNA strands attached at a centromere
| E) | microtubules that brace the centriole against the cell membrane
| F) | microtubules that attach to each chromosome
| G) | organelles made of microtubules found at the center of the mitotic spindle and the aster
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17 | What happens during prophase? |
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18 | What happens during anaphase? |
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19 | What happens during prometaphase? |
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20 | What happens during telophase? |
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21 | What happens during metaphase? |
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22 | In cytokinesis of animal cells, a ________ forms that begins on the periphery and pinches inward, dividing the cytoplasm. |
| A) | cleavage plate |
| B) | cleavage furrow |
| C) | cell plate |
| D) | cell furrow |
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23 | In cytokinesis of plant cells, a ________ forms in the middle of the cell and grows out to the periphery, dividing the cytoplasm. |
| A) | cleavage plate |
| B) | cleavage furrow |
| C) | cell plate |
| D) | cell furrow |
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24 | Root tips of plants contain meristems, localized area of rapid cell division due to active growth. In what other areas would you expect to find meristems in plants? |
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25 | A ________ cell has two copies of each chromosome or a double set of chromosomes. |
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26 | Mitosis is used for growth and maintenance in your body. Describe three ways that your body used mitosis today. |
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27 | The stages of mitosis are not discrete and occur in a continuous sequence. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |