Name: MITOSIS WEB-LESSON

(Thanks to Thomas Peri of Notre Dame Prep in Baltimore, MD for creatin this acti!it"# In this internet lesson, you will review the stages of mitosis and view video simulations of cell division. You will also view an onion root tip micrograph and calculate the percentage of cells at each stage in the process. 1. Go to the following website: http://www.cellsalive.com/ . On the left side of the screen is a navigation bar, clic on the lin to !"I#O$I$.% &ead the te't on this page and view the animation. You can slow down the video by clic ing step by step through the phases. )ist the * main stages of "itosis +in order,: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.. In which stage does each of the following events occur/ a. 0hromatin condenses into chromosomes: b. c. d. e. f. g. 4. 0hromosomes align in the center of the cell: #wo separate nuclei form: 1uclear membrane brea s down: 0ell is cleaved into two new daughter cells: 2aughter chromosomes arrive at the cell3s poles 0entrioles move to opposite poles of the cell: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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5atch the video carefully. #he little green !#% shaped things are the 0entrioles. #he colored chromosomes represent an attached pair of chromatids. #here are two of each color because one is an e'act duplicate of the other. 2uplicates don3t count as a separate chromosome. a. 6ow many chromosomes at the end of prophase: ---------------------------b. c. 6ow many are in each daughter cell after telophase: ---------------------------5hat happens to the 0entrioles during mitosis: ----------------------------

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Go to the following web site: http://www.biology.ari7ona.edu/cell-bio/activities/cell-cycle/cell-cycle.html a. &ead the introduction pages, clic ing the !ne't% button after each page until the tas page appears. You will have .8 cells to classify. 5hen you finish, record the data in the top half of the chart below. b. 0ontinue on to fill the shaded portion as you classify all the cells in a mitosis image on the website: http://www.southingtonschools.org/uploaded/faculty/ddeboer/0hem-and-0ells/"itosis9*:Onion&oot.9*2.;pg

NUMBERS $ct%al &ell N%m'er Percent of Total &ells &ells in each Phase in the (e' ima e Percent of Total &ells

INTERPHASE

PROPHAS E

METAPHAS E

ANAPHASE

TELOPHASE

TOTAL 36 100%

100%

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2id you forget your calculator/ Go to www.calculator.com and clic on the !fractions% calculator. < window with a virtual calculator will open and you can do the math from there.