Cell Division/ Life Cycles

Question 1

Prokaryote cells divide by _________.

Answer 1

Binary fission

Question 2

Prokaryotes: When they divide, the ploidy level _________ (changes/stays the same)

Answer 2

Stays the same

Question 3

When they divide, one cell goes to _________ (#) cells.

Answer 3

2

Question 4

Genetically, the daughter cells are ________ (identical/different) to the mother cell.

Answer 4

Identical

Question 5

Time wise, generally prokaryotes can divide ________ (faster/slower) than eukaryote cells.

Answer 5

Faster

Question 6

Mitosis: One “mother cell goes to _____(#) “daughter” cells

Answer 6

2

Question 7

Mitosis: Genetically, the mother cell and the daughter cells are ______ (alike or different)

Answer 7

Alike

Question 8

Mitosis: The mother cell in mitosis can be _________(haploid, diploid, both)

Answer 8

Both

Question 9

Mitosis: Compared to the mother cell, the daughter cells’ ploidy level is __________.

Answer 9

Less

Question 10

Mitosis: Mitosis is the basis of _______ reproduction.

Answer 10

Asexual

Question 11

Meiosis: One “mother” cell goes to _______ (#) “daughter” cells.

Answer 11

4

Question 12

Meiosis: Genetically, the mother cell and the daughter cells are _______ (alike or different)

Answer 12

Different

Question 13

Meiosis: The mother cell in meiosis can be ________ (haploid, diploid, both)

Answer 13

Haploid

Question 14

Meiosis: The daughter cells’ ploidy level is ________.

Answer 14

Less

Question 15

Meiosis: Meiosis is the basis of ________ reproduction.

Answer 15

Sexual

Question 16

Meiosis: Genes are “mixed up” in the process called genetic _________.

Answer 16

Recombination

Question 17

How do Prokaryotes like Bacteria and Archaea divide?

Answer 17

Binary fission as an independent cell

Question 18

How do Eukaryotes -one cell goes to 2 identical cells- divide?

Answer 18

Mitosis

Question 19

How do Eukaryotes- one (2n) diploid cell goes to 4 (n) haploid cells divide?

Answer 19

Meiosis

Question 20

How do Chloroplasts and Mitochondria divide?

Answer 20

Binary fission inside a eukaryotic cell

Question 21

In transformation, bacteria _____________

Answer 21

Take in free DNA from their environment