Cell Study Guide

Question 1

Phase A

Answer 1

G0

Question 2

Phase B

Answer 2

G1

Question 3

Phase C

Answer 3

S

Question 4

Phase D

Answer 4

G2

Question 5

Phase E

Answer 5

M

Question 6

hat phase do cells spend 90% of their life in?

Answer 6

Interphase

Question 7

What stage is responsible for the splitting of the cytoplasm?

Answer 7

Cytokinesis

Question 8

What is the end result of the cell cycle?

Answer 8

2 identical daughter cells.

Question 9

What is one reason DNA might become tightly coiled during the cell cycle?

Answer 9

DNA becomes tightly coiled to ensure genetic material splits evenly and creates 2 identical daughter cells. The chromatin condenses to create visible chromosomes.

Question 10

Identify the point at which sister chromatids are joined.

Answer 10

The point at which sister chromatids are joined is called the centromere.

Question 11

prophase

Answer 11

Genetic material begins to seperate, chromatin, condenses. Chromatin coils and become compact, mitotic spindle begins to form.(Gather and form)

formation of visible chromosomes, start of mitotic spindle.

Question 12

Prometaphase

Answer 12

Genetic material splits into two identical daughter cells. Nuclear envelope breaks down. Protein formation (kinetochore) around the centromere. Spindle fibers grown.

Breakdown of the nuclear envelope frees the sister chromatids from the nucleus, (necessary for separating the nuclear material into two cells.)

Question 13

Metaphase

Answer 13

Chromosomes align in the middle of the cell. Microtubules pull the sister chromatids back and forth until they align along the equator of the cell

Ensures that the cell is ready to divide.

Question 14

Anaphase

Answer 14

Chromosomes are separated into two identical, independent chromosomes by the mitotic spindle. The separated chromosomes are then pulled by the spindle to opposite poles of the cell.

Anaphase ensures that each daughter cell receives an identical set of chromosomes

Question 15

Telophase

Answer 15

Genetic material separates. A nuclear membrane forms around each set of chromosomes.

Genetic material separates. A nuclear membrane forms around each set of chromosomes.
Ensures the separation of genetic material and develops the nuclear envelopes for each cell.

Question 16

Cytokinesis

Answer 16

The cytoplasm pinches in half.
Each daughter cell has an identical set of chromosomes.