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1. In what kind of cells does mitosis occur in?

2. Interphase is usually the shortest stage of the cell cycle. (True or False)

3. Mitosis & cytokinesis makes how many daughter cells?

4. Replication of DNA occurs during interphase. (True or False)

5. How many cell divisions occur during mitosis?

6. How many pairs of chromosomes does a human body cell contain?

7. Cancer is the result of rapid cell division or cell growth. (True or False)

8. List at least one reason why cells stop growing in size.

9. Why do the cells in a cut repair the cut so the skin is like brand new?

10. Is mitosis an example of sexual or asexual reproduction?

11. The cells made by mitosis are diploid. (True or False)

12. What is the general term for any type of reproduction involving only one parent?

13. How many chromosomes are found in a typical human body cell?

14. What stage of mitosis is this cell in?

15. What stage of mitosis is this cell in?

16. What stage of mitosis is this cell in?

17. What stage of mitosis is this cell in?

18. What stage of mitosis is this cell in?

19. What is the name given to the indentation in the dividing cell below?

20. Starting with interphase, what is the correct order of the 5 stages of mitosis?

21. Which phase of the cell cycle does a cell spend most of its time in?

22. What term means the two identical sister chromosomes formed by replication of the DNA?

23. What is the name of the material that makes up a chromosome?

24. List the two types of organic molecules that make up chromatin.

25. What role does the protein play in relation to the DNA in the chromatin of a chromosome?

26. What are the threads that pull the chromosomes apart during cell division called?

27. What term do we call the middle of the cell where the chromatids line up during metaphase?

28. What is one small section of DNA called that contains the code to make one protein (and is thus responsible for one trait)?

29. What is the point of attachment between 2 chromatids called?

30. In what kind of environments is asexual reproduction advantageous for the continuence of a species?

31. In what kind of environment is sexual reproduction advantageous for the continuence of a species?

32. What special term refers to the chromosome arrangement at A?

33. What special term refers to the chromosome arrangement at B?

34. What are the 2 areas labelled A called in dividing cells?

35. What is meant by the term cloning?

36. List one way that mitosisand meiosis are different from each other.

37. Compare parent & daughter cells of the cell division known as mitosis.

38. Compare parent & daughter cells of the cell division known as meiosis.

39. What term means a group of cells that are growing out of control?

40. Cells that have the normal number of chromosomes, that have both members of a chromosome pair are known as A) diploid. B) haploid.

41. Cells that have half the normal number of chromosomes , that have only one member of a chromosome pair present are known as A) diploid. B) haploid.

42. Probability is the likelihood that a particular event will occur. (True or False)

43. What kind of cell division is involved with the production of the sex cells, mitosis or meiosis?

44. What is the branch of biology that studies heredity called?

45. Whether a sperm or egg gets a particular allele from a gene pair is based on chance. (True or False)

46. What is meant by the term cytokinesis?

47. What is meant by a gene that is dominant?

48. What is meant by a gene that is recessive?

49. If two alleles are homozygous, what does that mean?

50. If two alleles are heterozygous, what does that mean?

51. Which of the following gene pairs is homozygous dominant? ----- Rr -- bb -- TT

52. Which of the following gene pairs is heterozygous? ----- Gg -- QQ -- nn

53. Which of the following gene pairs is homozygous recessive? ----- Pp -- bb -- RR

54. What does the term genotype mean?

55. What are the different forms of a gene for the same trait called?

56. What does the term phenotype mean?

57. Which cell division process involves a "reduction division"? ---- a) mitosis b) meiosis

58. What is the special name for B, the middle of a dividing cell as seen below?

59. Laser eyesight (L) is dominant to regular eyes (l). Superman is heterozygous for this trait. What kind of sight does he have, and what two gene letters does he have for this trait?

60. What special term means a body cell with the normal chromosome number?

61. A normal body cell of a Tasmanian wombat has 42 chromosomes. Each daughter cell created by mitosis would have how many chromosomes?

62. A normal body cell of a Tasmanian wombat has 42 chromosomes. Each daughter cell created by meiosis would have how many chromosomes?

63. A normal body cell of a Tasmanian wombat has 42 chromosomes. After replication occurs during the S phase, how many chromosomes would the cell have?

64. List 2 uses of mitosis within organisms.

65. Briefly describe what occurs during cytokinesis.

66. List 2 visible differences in mitotic cell division between plants and animals.

67. Briefly describe what occurs during mitosis.

68. Name the 3 phases of interphase and briefly describe what happens during each stage.

69. State Mendel's Law of Segregation.

70. Define the term gamete.

71. Briefly define the term nondisjunction.

72. List one example of nondisjunction.

73. If there are 12 pairs of chromosomes in a body cell, how many different combinations of chromosomes may be created by meiosis in the gametes?

74. List 2 differences in the process of cell division between mitosis and meiosis.

75. Which is the longest stage of the cell cycle? --- A) Interphase B) Mitosis C) Cytokinesis