Download Cell Cycle Card Sort Lab

Cell Cycle Card Sort
A. Locate the name cards for the stages of the cell cycle.
1. Discuss the terms and group the terms in a logical way (there is more than one right way to group these terms).
Write down how you grouped the terms.
2. Create a flow chart or graphic organizer that best shows the relationship between these terms. Write down your
flow chart/graphic organizer.
3. Now place the stages of the cell cycle in order, starting with Interphase, at the top of your desk.
B. Locate the pictures of the cell going through the cell cycle.
4. Place the pictures in the correct order under the name cards. Have your teacher check that you have them in the
correct order. Then sketch and label the 6 pictures of the cell cycle. Include the terms parent cell, daughter cells,
chromosome, sister chromatids, spindle, centromere, centriole, and the name of each stage. You may use your
notes or pgs. 248-252 to help you label.
C. Locate the cell cycle characteristic strips.
5. Locate the cell cycle characteristic strips. Correctly place the characteristics strips with the matching picture.
D. Locate the picture of plant cells going through mitosis.
6. Count the number of cells in each phase of mitosis and enter the numbers in the table below.
Phase of Mitosis
Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
# of cells in the phase
7. Which phase shows the largest number of active cells? Explain why this phase would most likely have the most
abundant number of active cells.
8. Were some of the cells difficult to classify into a particular stage of mitosis? Explain why or why not.
9. Cancer can occur in any of the more than 200 types of cells in the human body. During which phase(s) of the cell
cycle is a cancer cell most likely to develop?
10. Explain what can happen to a cell that may cause it to become cancerous.
11. What is the relationship between mitosis and growth in an organism?
E. Place all of the cards back in the baggie and return it to the front desk with your completed questions. Be sure to
check the floor around you for any cards that may have fallen off of your desk.