Investigating Cell Division MiniQuiz 20 Question 1 How

Investigating Cell Division Mini-Quiz (20)

Question 1 How many cells did we all start out as?

Question 2 Why is cell division important in multi-cellular organisms?

Question 3 Why is cell division important in uni-cellular organisms?

Question 4 What is the function of the nucleus?

Question 5 What are threadlike structures contained in the nucleus called?

Question 6 What do chromosomes contain?

Question 7 How many chromosomes do humans have in their body cells?

Question 8 Why is it important that new cells produced by mitosis have exactly the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell?

Question 9 Name the 2 strands of a chromosome which separate in mitosis.

Question 10 What does the centromere do?

Question 11 What is the another name for nuclear division

Question 12 Name structure P

Question 13 Name structure R

Question 14 Name structure Q

Question 15 What name is given to the new cells produced as a result of mitosis?

Question 16 Mitosis produces two daughter cells that have half the number of chromosomes and half the information as the original cell. Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?

Question 17 Put these pictures in order of what happens during the process of Mitosis, starting with F. . A D B E C F

Question 18 Below are 4 stages in mitosis. Arrange them in the correct order : A. Chromatids pulled apart B. Chromosomes become visible C. Nuclear membrane reforms D. Chromosomes line up on equator of cell

Question 19 A cell can divide to produce 2 daughter cells. Each daughter cell grows and then divides. • If each division takes 30 minutes, how many cells would there be after 6 hours?

Question 20 If a parent cell had 5 pairs of chromosomes, how many chromosomes, in total would a cell have after 5 divisions?

Question 1 How many cells did we all start out as? One

Question 2 Why is cell division important in multi-cellular organisms? For growth and repair

Question 3 Why is cell division important in uni-cellular organisms? Enables them to reproduce

Question 4 What is the function of the nucleus? It is the control centre of the cell.

Question 5 What are threadlike structures contained in the nucleus called? Chromosomes

Question 6 What do chromosomes contain? DNA

Question 7 How many chromosomes do humans have in their body cells? 46

Question 8 Why is it important that new cells produced by mitosis have exactly the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell? So that they have all the information on the chromosomes to be able to function normally.

Question 9 Name the 2 strands of a chromosome which separate in mitosis. Chromatids

Question 10 What does the centromere do? It joins together the 2 chromatids of a chromosome.

Question 11 What is the another name for nuclear division Mitosis

Question 12 Name structure P Chromosome

Question 13 Name structure R Chromatid

Question 14 Name structure Q Centomere

Question 15 What name is given to the new cells produced as a result of mitosis? Daughter cells

Question 16 Mitosis produces two daughter cells that have half the number of chromosomes and half the information as the original cell. Is this statement TRUE or FALSE? FALSE

Question 17 Put these pictures in order of what happens during the process of Mitosis, starting with F. . A D B E F, C, D, B, E, A C F

Question 18 Below are 4 stages in mitosis. Arrange them in the correct order : A. Chromatids pulled apart B. Chromosomes become visible C. Nuclear membrane reforms D. Chromosomes line up on equator of cell B, D, A, C

Question 19 A cell can divide to produce 2 daughter cells. Each daughter cell grows and then divides. • If each division takes 30 minutes, how many cells would there be after 6 hours? 1024

Question 20 If a parent cell had 5 pairs of chromosomes, how many chromosomes, in total would a cell have after 5 divisions? 10