Mitosis
Meiosis
Cell Division
Cell Cycle & Cell Division
100
What stage of mitosis is depicted in the image below?
Metaphase
100
What process is happening in the image?
Crossing over
100
Which of the divisions in meiosis is the reduction division?
Meiosis 1
100
Replication errors leading to cancer occur what phase of the cell cycle?
S phase
200
In the Harry Potter books, what is 1 of the 2 other wizarding schools?
Durmstrang and Beauxbatons
200
Somatic cells of Asian elephants contained 56 paired chromosomes. What is the ploidy of these elephants?
2n= 56
200
What phase of the cell cycle is the "mother cell" in?
G1
200
What type of organisms reproduce through budding?
Fungi
300
What structure separates the sister chromatids and isolates them to opposite poles of the cell?
spindle fibers
300
The zodiac sign Cancer refers to what animal?
A crab
300
Describe how metaphase is different in Meiosis and Mitosis.
In metaphase 1 of meiosis, homologous chromosomes line up at the metaphase plate and then separate.
This does not happen in mitosis.
300
How many dice are used in a game of Yahtzee?
5
400
How does cytokinesis occur in a plant cell?
Vesicles fuse to form a cell plate
400
Give 2 of the 3 sources of variation in meiosis.
Crossing over, independent assortment, fertilization
400
The supposedly cursed Hope diamond is on display in what museum?
The Smithsonian
400
During which phase is there a checkpoint checking for nondisjunction? (A, B, C, or D)
Section D
500
The proportion of cells in a sample actively undergoing mitosis compared to the total cell population is called what?
Mitotic index
500
How many chromatids are present in each of the daughter cells at the end of meiosis 1 in a human?
46
500
In oogenesis, what are the 3 small cells created by the unequal division of the cytoplasm that creates 1 large egg (oocyte)?
Polar bodies
500
What protein regulates the cell cycle?
CDK