Mitosis
Meiosis
Genes, DNA and Chromosomes
Problem Solving
100

Identify the phase when spindle fibers shorten and pull the chromosomes APART. Chromosomes them move AWAY to opposite sides of the cell

Anaphase

100

Scientific name for the fertilisation of the egg and sperm?

Zygote

100

A pair of X chromosomes (aka: XX genotype) is ?

Female Genotype

100

When is Steve Irwin's Birthday?

22 February 1962

200

Recall the phase in which the cell is getting ready for division. The Nuclear membrane is beginning to dissolve. Chromosomes condense. Spindle fibers form at the poles (centrioles).

Prophase

200

The number of cycles that meiosis goes through.

Two

200

XY Chromosomes represent ?


Male Genotype

200

Identify how is a diploid cell produced and the amount of chromosomes it contains?

Diploid cell produced via mitosis. It contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, used for growth and repair. 

300

Identify the phase when the chromosomes line up in the equator of the cell.

Metaphase

300
Identify the phase where one replicated chromosome of each pair moves to the poles.

Anaphase I

300

What components create a nucleotide?

Phosphate

Sugar 

Nitrogen-rich Base

300

Identify the process that results in new cells with genetic material that is identical to the original cell.

Mitosis

400

If the body cell has 30 chromosomes and undergoes mitosis, identify how many chromosomes each daughter cell have?

30 chromosomes in each daughter cell

400

Identify the phase where two cells are formed, each with one replicated chromosome.

Telophase I

400

Name the term for the 22 pairs of chromosomes?

Autosomes

400

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

Hint: D______  S_______, P_________, N_______ B________

Deoxyribose sugar, Phosphate, Nitrogen base

500

Identify the six phases of mitosis in order.

Interphase

Prophase

Metaphase

Anaphase

Telophase

Cytokinesis

500

Identify the six phases of meiosis in order. 

Metaphase I


Anaphase I


Telophase I

Metaphase II

Anaphase II

Telophase II


500

Identify the complementary base pair:

GCATTACGACTA

CGTAATGCTGAT

500

What is the term given to chromosomes has the same length, same centromere position and the same genes for a particular characteristic ?

Homologous chromosomes