Test 2

Question 1

Identify the process by which eukaryotic cells divide

Answer 1

Mitosis/ cell cycle

Question 2

Explain why cells divide

Answer 2

To make new cells or replace dead cells

Question 3

Why are chromosomes copied

Answer 3

To ensure each new cell is exactly like the parent cell

Question 4

What are the three stages of the cell cycle

Answer 4

Interphase,mitosis, cytokinesis

Question 5

Identify the process by which prokaryotic cells divide

Answer 5

Binary fission

Question 6

True or false: the number of chromosome in eukaryotic cells differ because some organisms are more complex than others

Answer 6

False

Question 7

What happens in each stage

Answer 7

PMAT

Question 8

What is the difference between cytokinesis in a plant and animal cell

Answer 8

Plant cell- a cell plate forms to separate the two cells

Question 9

What is osmosis

Answer 9

Diffusion of water through the cell membrane

Question 10

Why is osmosis important to the cell

Answer 10

Cells are filled with fluids that are made of water