Cell Cycle
Chromosomes
Mitosis
Meiosis
Difficult-ish
100
How many phases are there in the cell cycle?
3 phases
100
A normal human body cell contains how many chromosomes?
46 chromosomes
100
Mitosis is considered what reproduction: asexual or sexual?
Asexual reproduction
100
Meiosis is considered what reproduction: asexual or sexual?
Sexual
100
What is the name of the process that prokaryotic cells do for cell division?
Binary Fission
200
Name the 3 phases that are in the cell cycle in order from which one comes first to last (no shorthanding)
1. Interphase
2. Mitosis
3. Cytokinesis
200
How many pairs of chromosomes does your body contain?
23 pairs
200
Mitosis occurs in what cells in our body - Somatic or Gamete?
Somatic cells
200
Meiosis produces what cells in our body - Somatic or Gamete?
Gametes (egg or sperm cells)
200
Left or Right: Which side is showing mitosis?
Right side
300
What are the steps from start to finish in interphase? (just the name of the step not what it does)
1. G1
2. S
3. G2
300
A diploid cell contains how many chromosomes?
46 chromosomes
300
How many cells are produced through mitosis and are they identical or different AND are they haploid or diploid
2 diploid, completely identical cells are produced
300
How many cells are produced in meiosis and are they identical or different AND are they diploid or haploid?
4 haploid, completely different cells are produced
300
When cells divide uncontrollably we call this ____________.
Cancer
400
What are the steps of mitosis (written from which one happens first to last)?
1. Prophase
2. Metaphase
3. Anaphase
4. Telophase
400
During Interphase, DNA exists as long unwound strands called ___________.
Chromatin
400
Cells have to divide when they get too ________.
Large/big
400
Crossing over happens in what step of meiosis?
Prophase I
400
Is binary fission asexual or sexual?
Asexual
500
What divides in cytokinesis?
The cytoplasm
500
A segment of DNA that controls the production of a protein is a ___________.
gene
500
In which phase of the diagram is the cell starting to coiling its DNA into visible chromosomes and has the nuclear membrane starting to dissolve? State the letter.
F
500
What phase is this in meiosis?
Prophase I Prophase II
Anaphase II Interphase I
Prophase II
500
If an intestinal cell of a butterfly contains 24 chromosomes, a butterfly egg cell would contain?
12 cells (gametes are haploid)
600
What happens in each step of interphase?
G1 -
S -
G2 -
G1 - Cell grows 2x its size
S - DNA replicates/doubles
G2 - Organelles replicates/doubles and final check-in
600
What structure holds together sister chromatids and allow for attachment of spindle fibers are?
Centromere
600
Which step represented metaphase?
C
600
What phase is this in meiosis?
Metaphase II Telophase I
Telophase II Metaphase I
Telophase I
600
If cancer is occurring, what is the mass of cells called that can form as a result?
Tumor
700
Which phase of the cell cycle do cells spend about 80-90% of their lives in?
Interphase
700
What process is this showing?
Crossing over
700
The phase of mitosis in which the centromeres split and single chromosomes are pulled to opposite ends of the cell is?
Anaphase
700
If meiosis had occurred, what are some things that would let you know? List at least 1
Haploid cells produced, 4 cells produced, etc.
700
What is represented by D in this picture?
D is mitosis
800
90% of the times, your chromosomes are in what form?
Chromatin!
800
What is represented by the letter "C" in this photo?
C - Chromatid(s)
800
Between a plant and animal cell, during cell division, what forms in a plant cell and what forms in an animal cell?
Plant Cell -
Animal Cell -
Plant Cell - Cell Plate
Animal Cell - Cleavage Furrow
800
What is the main advantage of meiosis?
Allows for genetic diversity
800
What process must occur in order to make a zygote (2n) cell?
Fertilization