Cell Cycle Test - V1

Directions: Answer all questions to the best of your ability using the scantron.
1. Which statement describes the process of mitosis?
a. a diploid cell produces 2 diploid cells
b. a diploid cell produces 4 haploid cells

c. a haploid cell produces 2 diploid cells

d. a haploid cell produces 4 diploid cells

2. Interphase is the part of the cell cycle that occurs between cell divisions, allowing the cell time to properly
prepare for the next division. During which part of interphase are chromosomes duplicated?
a. G2
c. G1
b. S
d. S2
3. If a student is observing a cell under a microscope, and notices that the chromosomes appear to be
gathered at opposite poles of the cell, what stage of mitosis is the student observing?
a. prophase
c. telophase
b. anaphase
d. metaphase
4. Which of the following is true about meiosis?
a. it results in two identical daughter cells
b. it results in diploid cells

c. it allows genetic variation to occur

d. it only occurs in somatic cells

5. In what type of cells does meiosis occur?

a. sperm cells
b. liver cells

c. skin cells
d. muscle cells

6. A gamete would have an incorrect number of chromosomes due to an error in which of the following
processes?
a. budding
c. mitosis
b. meiosis
d. fertilization
7. Which step that occurs during meiosis increases genetic variation in multicellular organisms?
a. formation of tetrads
c. disappearance of the nuclear membrane
b. moving of centrioles to opposite poles
d. crossing over of nonsister chromatids
8. In cancer cells, mutations in DNA cause the cells to reproduce uncontrollably, forming a tumor. Cancer
directly affects which cellular process?
a. fertilization
c. meiosis
b. mitosis
d. conjugation
9. Which of the following describes the location of the chromosomes during metaphase?
a. located in the nucleus of the cell
c. lined up along the equator of the cell
b. clustered at each pole of the cell
d. scattered throughout the cytoplasm of the cell
10. Sexual reproduction is a process that plants are able to undergo. What process do plants depend on to
produce sex cells?
a. osmosis
c. transpiration
b. meiosis
d. fertilization
11. Which of the following does not occur during interphase?
a. chromosomes become visible
c. the cell divides
b. proteins synthesize
d. chromosomes duplicate
12. What structures carry the most genetic information for a leaf cell?
a. chromosomes
c. centrioles
b. ribosomes
d. chloroplasts

13. G1, S, and G2 are all phases of which part of the cell cycle?
a. interphase
b. anaphase
c. prophase
d. telophase

14. The leaf cell of a white oak contains 24 chromosomes. After meiosis is complete, how many chromosomes
are in the new cells?
a. 12
c. 24
b. 20
d. 48
15. What are the final products of meiosis?
a. haploid cells
b. diploid cells

c. triploid cells
d. polyploid cells

16. What cellular process will be used to repair a cut on a frogs leg?
a. mitosis
c. phagocytosis
b. meiosis
d. pinocytosis
17. How many chromosomes will be in the sex cells of an organism that has 12 chromosomes in each of its
somatic cells?
a. 3
c. 6
b. 4
d. 12
18. Which phase of mitosis is being represented in the diagram shown below?
a. metaphase
b. prophase
c. telophase
d. interphase

19. What is the region on the chromosome shown below marked by the letter Q?
a. chromatin
b. centriole
c. centromere
d. centrosome

20. Which phase of mitosis is being described in the lab notes below?
a. telophase
b. anaphase
c. metaphase
d. prophase

21. The number of chromosomes in the egg of a potato plant is 24. How many chromosomes are there in the
root cell of a potato plant?
a. 12
c. 36
b. 24
d. 48
22. In order for humans to have a normal amount of chromosomes after fertilization, what type of cell must the
sex cells be?
a. haploid
c. triploid
b. diploid
d. tetraploid
23. Which of the following gives the correct order of the phases of mitosis?
a. metaphase, anaphase, telophase, prophase
c. interphase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase
b. prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase
d. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
24. Which phase of mitosis is being represented in the diagram shown at right?
a.
b.
c.
d.

metaphase
prophase
telophase
anaphase

25. Which of the following describes a reactant of aerobic cellular respiration?

a. water
b. carbon dioxide
c. sugar

d. energy

26. A diagram representing the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration is shown below.
The numbered boxes in the diagram represent which of the following?
a. 1- water; 2- nitrogen
b. 1- nitrogen; 2- oxygen
c. 1- oxygen; 2- carbon dioxide
d. 1- carbon dioxide; 2- water

27. Where in the cell does the majority of aerobic cellular respiration occur?
a. mitochondria
b. chloroplast
c. cytoplasm
d. endoplasmic reticulum
28. Muscle cells contract as actin filaments slide across the surface of myosin filaments, causing the ends of
muscle cells to pull together. This process requires energy in the form of ATP. Which process explains how
energy is made available for muscle contraction?
a. combining ADP and phosphate ions
b. combining AMP and phosphate ions
c. removing a phosphate ion from ATP
d. removing the adenine base from ATP

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