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Cell Division Assessment Study Guide
The test will be 10 multiple choice questions and 5 essay questions
1. How many cells would be produced after three cell divisions?
2. After a parent skin cell goes through Mitosis, what do the daughter cells look like compared to
the parent?
3. Why do cancer cells form?
4. In what two phases of Mitosis do spindle fibers form/can be seen?
5. If a somatic (body) cell in humans has 46 chromosomes, how many chromosomes would be in a
gamete (sex) cell?
6. What event happens during Meiosis (specifically during Prophase I), that increases genetic
variation in a species?
7. How many pairs of chromosomes should a normal human karyotype have? How many total?
8. What can you tell about a person by looking at their last pair of chromosomes?
9. Gametes (sex cells:sperm/egg) are ____________ while somatic (body) cells are
_______________.
10. If a gamete cell has 4 chromosomes, how many chromosomes would each daughter cell have
after Meiosis?
11. Describe the process of Mitosis and why it is important. What would happen if Mitosis didn’t
exist? Be sure to include the names of each of the four stages of Mitosis and a brief description
of each stage. Please use words such as anaphase, metaphase, prophase, telophase,
chromosomes, cell division, and nucleus.
12. Distinguish between the meaning of diploid and haploid. Be sure to include which cells in the
body are haploid and which are diploid as well as why certain cells are haploid and diploid. You
may write your answer in paragraph form or as a double bubble map.
13. Summarize each of the five major stages of the cell cycle. You may do so in paragraph form or in
the form of a flow map.
14. How is the role of the cell cycle related to the onset of cancer? In other words, what is cancer
and what causes it? In your answer, describe what cancer is and what goes wrong within the cell
cycle to cause cancer.
15. Compare and contrast Mitosis and Meiosis. Points to include:
a. The function of each
b. A brief description of each of the stages (4 for Mitosis and a general overview of Meiosis
I and II)
c. The type of cells that undergo each process
d. Where each happens in the body
e. The number of daughter cells produced
f. The change in chromosome number
g. The number of divisions of the nucleus
h. A description of what the daughter cells look like compared to the parent cell