Class 11 Biology Chapter 10 Cell Cycle And Cell Division Quiz 17 (60 MCQs)

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1. During most of interphase, DNA is found in a relaxed form called
2. Which of the following happens in telophase?
3. During meisosis I in humans, one of the daughter cells receives
4. What are the products of the Meiosis/meiotic cell division?
5. Cell division involves ..... & .....
6. What disappears during prophase?
7. During the S phase
8. What happens to guard cells when they become turgid?
9. The cell cycle creates two cells that are
10. Process by which new cells are produced from one parent cell.
11. What is the term for the process of cell division in which the cytoplasm of the cell is divided into two daughter cells?
12. What occurs during telophase of mitosis?
13. What is referred to as an essential biological process in which a parent cell divides, giving rise to two or more daughter cells?
14. The nitrogenous base adenine always pairs with:
15. Chromatid pairs line up in the middle of the cell.
16. What does the M phase represent in the cell cycle?
17. In what phase do the chromosomes get pulled apart into sister chromatid to opposite sides of the cell?
18. What is the longest stage of the cell cycle, when the cell grows and prepares to divide?
19. What is a possible factor that regulates cell division?
20. Cells that rarely divide will spend most of their time in what particular phase of the cell cycle?
21. Which would happen if a cell undergoes mitosis, but not cytokinesis?
22. The first phase of mitosis is called .....
23. Which of the following is the shortest phase of entire cell cycle?
24. How do plant cells undergo cytokinesis?
25. During ..... , the chromosomes divide into two sets that start to move away from each other towards the opposite poles.
26. During which phase of mitosis do chromosomes unwind?
27. What kinds of molecules make up the rungs of the DNA molecule?
28. Which of the following cell types is formed by meiosis?
29. Which of the following statements about stem cells is true?
30. What is a group of similar types of cells that work together to carry out specific tasks called?
31. During which phase does DNA replication occur?
32. During which phase of Meiosis I do tetrads line up on the metaphase plate?
33. What is the correct order for the phases of Interphase?
34. During which phase does DNA synthesis occur?
35. Which of the following event takes place in zygotene?
36. Which of the following is the longest phase of mitosis?
37. Cells X and Y underwent mitosis but marked differences were observed in the way they divided.Cell X did not change shape prior to mitosis but cell Y did. Spindles formed during division were anastral in cell X but amphiastral in cell Y. Identify cell X and cell Y.
38. Avery, Daniel, and Mia are studying biology and come across a concept that describes a series of events a cell goes through as they grow and divide. What is this concept called?
39. A cell that undergoes repeated mitosis without cytokinesis would have
40. Which of the following statements is TRUE about cell division?
41. What is the significance of meiosis in terms of genetic variation?
42. What is the division of a cell's nucleus and contents called?
43. The DNA of an organism can be found inside the cytoplasm.
44. These cells do not undergo cell division.
45. The absorption of nutrients is determined by .....
46. What separates/unwinds the two strands of old DNA, forming the replication fork
47. Chromatids are pulled apart and move towards opposite ends of the cell.
48. The amount of nutrients needed is determined by .....
49. Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
50. A scientist wants to change the DNA of a sexually reproducing organism and have the new DNA present in every cell of the organism. In order to do this after fertilization, she would change the DNA in which of the following?
51. What happens in the first part of Interphase?
52. What is the purpose of cell division in multicellular organisms?
53. DNA replication occurs during which of the following phases?
54. The final stage of the cell cycle is called:
55. During which stage of the cell cycle does the cell membrane pinchthe cell into two daughter cells?
56. Spindle usually persists in the form of ..... during ..... method of cytokinesis.
57. If one strand of DNA has the nitrogen base sequenceTACCAGAA what would be the comp, ementary (opposite) strand sequence?
58. Why are cells so small?
59. Stem cells can be obtained from
60. While in mitosis, the daughter cells resembles each other and also the parent cell; in meiosis they differ not only from parent cell in having half the number of chromosomes, but also differ among themselves qualitatively in genetic constitution due to