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Cell Cycle Practice Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (10 pts)
1. _______The causes of cancer might include which of the following?
a) environmental influences
b) UV radiation
c) viruses
d) all of the above
2. _______ refers to tumors that arise but then go quiet.
a) malignant
b) angiogenesis
c) benign
d) all of the above
3. _______ refers to the growth of blood vessels around tumors.
a. a) malignant
b) angiogenesis
b. c) mutation
d) benign
4. _______Among the following, the term that includes the others is _____________.
a) interphase
b) nuclear division
c) mitosis
d) cell cycle
5. ______By the end of prophase, each of the following has occurred except ___________.
a) tighter coiling of the chromosomes
b) breaking down of the nuclear envelope
c) appearance of centrioles
d) lining up of chromosomes in the cell
6. ______The longest phase of the cell cycle is ___________.
a) prophase
7.
b) interphase
c) metaphase
d) mitosis
______A chromatid is attached to a spindle fiber by the ________.
a) nucleolus
b) deep furrow
c) centromere
d) centriole
8. ______If a cell that has eight chromosomes goes through mitosis, how many
chromosomes will the daughter cells have?
a) 4
b) 8
c) 16
d) 32
9. ______The following occurs during the G2 phase of interphase
a) synthesis
b) organelle replication
c) DNA replication
d) nuclear division
10. ______The final product of mitosis is___________.
a) two nuclei
b) two daughter cells
c) cytokinesis
d) four daughter cells
11. ______The structure that moves to each pole of the cell during mitosis is called
a) cell membrane
b) centriole
c) cytokinesis
d) cell plate
12. ______The center of the dividing cell where the chromosomes line up is called the
a) spindle fiber
b) centriole.
c) cleavage furrow
d) metaphase plate
Completion
Complete each sentence or statement. (12 pts)
13. The structures that hold together sister chromatids are _______________________.
14. The structures that carry genetic material are ______________________.
15. The uncontrolled division of cells is ___________________________.
16. The two halves of a doubled chromosome structure are called
______________________________.
17. Programmed cell death is called ______________________________.
18. ________________ _____________ are unspecialized cells that can develop into
specialized cells when under the right conditions.
19. The phase of mitosis in which the sister chromatids separate from each other is
____________________________.
20. Plant cells grow a _____________ __________ in the center of the dividing cell.
21. ______________________________ is the division of the cytoplasm when a cell divides.
22. The ________________ ___________ attach to the chromosomes on one end and
attach to the ________________ at the poles of the cell on the other.
23. List one phase of mitosis in which a “chromosome” is found _______________________
24.
The name of the area where the cell pinches in as it starts to divide is called the
__________________ ____________________.
24. _______________________ is the phase of the cell cycle during which chromosomes
replicate.
Short Answer
25. Sequence the six diagrams in Figure 8-3 in order from first to last, beginning with D.
26. Which cell is in metaphase?
27. List the phases of the cell cycle in order (There should be 6 total).
28. In 1952, a prominent botany text described interphase as the first phase of mitosis. Now, more
than 40 years later, would scientists agree or disagree with that description? Explain:
29. What are two differences in the cell cycle of a plant cell and an animal cell?
30. Why do cells divide? (see 4 reasons in fill-in-blank notes)
31. On the back of this test draw and label all stages of the cell cycle.
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