Mitosis

Question 1

Name the missing phase of mitosis: Prophase, Metaphase, _________, and Telophase.

Answer 1

Anaphase

Question 2

What is the purpose of mitosis?

Answer 2

To replicate the DNA of the parent cell and create a new cell.

Question 3

What organelle within the cell contains its DNA?

Answer 3

The nucleus (City Hall)

Question 4

What structures in the nucleus contain the DNA?

Answer 4

Chromosomes

Question 5

How many chromosomes does each diploid cell have?

Answer 5

23 pairs (total of 46 chromosomes)

Question 6

What phase of mitosis is first?

Answer 6

Prophase (pro like “proceed”)

Question 7

What’s the second stage of mitosis?

Answer 7

Metaphase (meta means within, like metafiction)

Question 8

What’s the third state of mitosis?

Answer 8

Anaphase (ana=”toward”, towards the end)

Question 9

What’s the final phase of mitosis?

Answer 9

Telophase (telo=end/distant, telescopes look at distant space)

Question 10

Cytokinesis is the name for when the parent cell and the daughter cell ________.

Answer 10

Separate.