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Stages of Mitosis and Meiosis Study Guide Worksheet Key, Exercises of Cell Biology

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Mitosis & Meiosis Quiz Study Guide
Vocabulary List: The vocabulary presented here is specific to your quiz. Obviously we studied more terms than
this throughout our lectures and labs…
Mitosis Meiosis Meiosis 1 Meiosis 2
Prophase Prophase 1 Prophase 2 Synapsis
Independent
Assortment
Crossing Over Metaphase Metaphase 1 Metaphase 2 Anaphase
Anaphase 1 Anaphase 2 Telophase Telophase 1 Telophase 2
Kinetochore Chromosome Chromatid Diploid Haploid
Gamete MPF G1 S G2
Checkpoint Polar Body Homologous Tetrad Nucleus
Reduction Division Somatic Cell Germ Cell Sexual
46 23 Binary Fission Asexual
Circular
Chromosome
Questions to think about for this quiz…
1. What is a prokaryote and how does it reproduce?
2. What is a eukaryote and how does it reproduce?
3. What happens during each part of the cell cycle?
4. Which checkpoint during the cell cycle gives the go-ahead for cell division?
5. What are the comparative lengths of each major portion of the cell cycle?
6. What is independent assortment and what does it mean for a cell in meiosis?
7. How do mitosis, meiosis 1, and meiosis 2 differ in how the chromosomes are arranged?
8. Be able to generally describe what occurs during prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase &
telophase.
9. When do synapsis and crossing over occur? How are they beneficial?
10. What is a polar body? How is the production of polar bodies beneficial?
Other questions to further your course of study…
Match each term with its description.
a. cytoplasm apportioned between the two daughter cells
b. final phase of mitosis; daughter nuclei reform
c. two sister chromatids are joined here
d. chromosomes condense and mitotic spindle begins to form
e. chromosomes line up at spindle equator
f. sister chromatids separate, move to opposite spindle poles now
g. about 25 nm in diameter; form mitotic spindle
h. half of a chromosome in prophase
i. in pairs in some eukaryotic cells; move to poles during spindle formation
____ 1. centriole
____ 2. centromere
____ 3. chromatid
____ 4. cytokinesis
____ 5. metaphase
____ 6. microtubules
____ 7. prophase
____ 8. telophase
____ 9. anaphase
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Mitosis & Meiosis Quiz Study Guide

Vocabulary List: The vocabulary presented here is specific to your quiz. Obviously we studied more terms than this throughout our lectures and labs…

Mitosis Meiosis Meiosis 1 Meiosis 2 Prophase Prophase 1 Prophase 2 Synapsis

Independent Assortment Crossing Over Metaphase Metaphase 1 Metaphase 2 Anaphase Anaphase 1 Anaphase 2 Telophase Telophase 1 Telophase 2 Kinetochore Chromosome Chromatid Diploid Haploid Gamete MPF G1 S G Checkpoint Polar Body Homologous Tetrad Nucleus Reduction Division Somatic Cell Germ Cell Sexual 46 23 Binary Fission Asexual

Circular Chromosome

Questions to think about for this quiz…

  1. What is a prokaryote and how does it reproduce?
  2. What is a eukaryote and how does it reproduce?
  3. What happens during each part of the cell cycle?
  4. Which checkpoint during the cell cycle gives the go-ahead for cell division?
  5. What are the comparative lengths of each major portion of the cell cycle?
  6. What is independent assortment and what does it mean for a cell in meiosis?
  7. How do mitosis, meiosis 1, and meiosis 2 differ in how the chromosomes are arranged?
  8. Be able to generally describe what occurs during prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase & telophase.
  9. When do synapsis and crossing over occur? How are they beneficial?
  10. What is a polar body? How is the production of polar bodies beneficial?

Other questions to further your course of study…

Match each term with its description. a. cytoplasm apportioned between the two daughter cells b. final phase of mitosis; daughter nuclei reform c. two sister chromatids are joined here d. chromosomes condense and mitotic spindle begins to form e. chromosomes line up at spindle equator f. sister chromatids separate, move to opposite spindle poles now g. about 25 nm in diameter; form mitotic spindle h. half of a chromosome in prophase i. in pairs in some eukaryotic cells; move to poles during spindle formation

____ 1. centriole ____ 2. centromere ____ 3. chromatid ____ 4. cytokinesis ____ 5. metaphase ____ 6. microtubules ____ 7. prophase ____ 8. telophase ____ 9. anaphase

Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

Answer the following questions in reference to the eukaryotic cell cycle. Each question has only one BEST answer. a. G 2 b. mitosis c. S d. G 1 e. cytokinesis

  1. Period when DNA is duplicated
  2. Period when interphase ends in the parent cell
  3. Event that forms two daughter cytoplasmic masses
  4. Period of cell growth before DNA duplication
  5. Period after DNA is duplicated
  6. Period of nuclear division
  7. Period when interphase begins in a daughter cell\
  8. Period commonly followed by cytokinesis
  9. The period in which metaphase occurs
  10. The period prior to mitosis

Stages of Mitosis Plus Interphase The stages of mitosis plus interphase are listed under a-e below. Answer the following questions with reference to these phases. a. interphase b. prophase c. metaphase d. anaphase e. telophase

  1. During this stage, homologous pairs of chromosomes are lined up on the equatorial plate.
  2. Chromosomes replicate during this phase.
  3. Genes replicate during this phase.
  4. DNA replicates during this phase.
  5. Condensation and shortening of chromosomes occurs during this phase.
  6. Spindle fibers first appear during this stage.
  7. During this phase, the centromeres break apart as the separated sister chromatids begin to move to opposite poles.
  8. The microtubular spindle develops during this phase.
  9. Sister chromatids joined at their centromeres are attached to spindle fibers during this phase.
  10. Cytokinesis occurs as this phase of mitosis proceeds.
  11. New daughter nuclear membranes form during this phase.

d. attachment of spindle microtubules to centromeres e. migration of chromosomes to opposite ends of the cell

  1. Four of the five answers listed below assist in chromosome movement. Select the exception. a. centromere b. spindle microtubules c. kinetochores d. centriole e. nuclear envelope
  2. Four of the five answers listed below are related by a common phase of mitosis. Select the exception. a. chromosomes align at the spindle equator b. sister chromatids become individual chromosomes c. centromeres divide d. chromosomes move apart e. spindle microtubules shorten, pulling chromosomes toward the poles
  3. Four of the five answers listed below are related by a common division association. Select the exception. a. mitochondria b. chromosomes c. ribosomes d. plastids e. microbodies
  4. Four of the five answers listed below concern cells with two chromosome sets. Select the exception. a. zygote b. somatic cells c. gamete d. diploid e. two full chromosome sets
  5. Four of the five answers listed below are related to pairing of chromosomes. Select the exception. a. synapsis b. crossing over c. exchange of genes d. pairing of homologues e. interkinesis
  6. Four of the five answers listed below are related to the process of synapsis. Select the exception. a. genetic recombination b. increase in variability c. exchange of genes d. identical daughter cells e. chiasmata
  7. Four of the five answers listed below are characteristic of meiosis. Select the exception. a. involves two divisions b. reduces the number of chromosomes c. results in producing genetically identical cells d. produces haploid cells

e. involves synapsis

  1. Four of the five answers listed below are terms describing haploid cells. Select the exception. a. Ovum b. primary spermatocyte c. Spermatid d. polar body e. secondary spermatocyte
  2. Four of the five answers listed below are haploid. Select the exception. a. Zygote b. Meiospore c. Egg d. Sperm e. Gametophyte

ANSWERS

MATCHING

1. I

2. C

3. H

4. A

5. E

6. G

7. D

8. B

9. F

SHORT ANSWER

  1. c
  2. a
  3. e
  4. d
  5. a
  6. b
  7. d
  8. b
  9. b
  10. a
  11. c
  12. a
  13. a
  14. a
  15. b
  16. b