Download Mitosis Internet Lesson

Name (s):
Mitosis -- Internet Lesson
Make sure all of your answers are in orange font before sending to the homework
folder.
http://www.cellsalive.com/
On the left side of the screen is a navigation bar, click on the link to
“MITOSIS” Read the text on this page and view the animation, you can slow
down the video by clicking step by step through the phases.
1. List the 6 stages of mitosis that we have covered in class. The Internet
lists one extra step that we didn’t cover.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
2. During which stage does the following occur?
Chromatin condenses into
chromosomes.
Chromosomes align in center of
cell.
Longest part of the cell cycle.
Nuclear envelope breaks down.
Cell is cleaved into two new
daughter cells.
Daughter chromosomes arrive at
the poles.
Watch the video carefully by clicking on the play button.
3. The colored chromosomes represent the chromatids joined by the
centromere. There are two of each color because one is an exact duplicate of
the other.
A. How many chromosomes are visible at the beginning of prophase?
B. How many chromosomes are visible in each daughter cell at the end
of mitosis (cytokinesis)?
The little green T shaped things on the cell are centrioles.
C. What happens to the centrioles during mitosis?
4. Identify the stages of these cells:
A.
B.
A.
B.
C.
D.
C.
D.
Onion Root Tip - Online Activity
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_
cycle.html
Read the introduction, then click the “next” button.
You will have 36 cells to classify. When you’re finished, record your data in
the chart below.
Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Total
Number of cells
36
Percent of cells
100
%
(Take the number of
cells and divide by
36).