Cell Cycle Jeopardy

Cell Cycle

200

What is the purpose of the cell cycle?

Growth

Repair

Reproduction (single-cell organisms only)

300

The cell cycle results in two genetically _____ cells.

Identical

General Mitosis

200

List the phases of mitosis in order

Prophase

Metaphase

Anaphase

Telophase

300

At which phase do the chromosomes become visible in the cell?

Prophase

Mitosis Snapshot

200

What phase is this?

Metaphase

300

What phase is this?

Telophase

BONUS

200

How many chromosomes does an ostrich have?

80 chromosomes (40 pairs)

300

How many cell divisions occur daily in our body?

Two trillion divisions