Cell Cycle Part 1

Question 1

Which stage of interphase is DNA replicated?

Answer 1

S Phase

Question 2

What percent of a cell’s life is spent in interphase?

Answer 2

90%

Question 3

Which part of the cell cycle is when the cytoplasm divides, creating a new cell?

Answer 3

Cytokinesis

Question 4

How do spindle fibers help in mitosis?

Answer 4

move chromosomes in the cell

Question 5

What is a reason that cell size is limited?

Answer 5

Transportation of Nutrients
Diffusion of Substances
Removing wastes out of the cell in an efficient manner

Question 6

Programmed cell death or cellular suicide is referred to as…..

Answer 6

Apoptosis

Question 7

Which stage of interphase does a cell grow and carry out normal cellular functions?

Answer 7

G1 Phase

Question 8

What is the method by which a cell’s cytoplasm divides, creating a new cell?

Answer 8

Cytokinesis

Question 9

A cell has 46 chromosomes, how many will each daughter cell have?

Answer 9

46

Question 10

What causes cancer?

Answer 10

a mutation