Question 1

Transcription and DNA replication occur while a cell is in interphase.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The nuclear envelope reforms during ____.

Accepted Answer

A) anaphase 
B) metaphase 
C) interphase 
D) prophase 
E) telophase 
A) anaphase 
B) metaphase 
C) interphase 
D) prophase 
E) telophase

Question 3

Tumor suppressor genes ____.

Accepted Answer

A) promote cell progression through mitosis 
B) are oncogenes 
C) encode growth factors 
D) can become oncogenes when mutated 
E) trigger tumor formation 
A) promote cell progression through mitosis 
B) are oncogenes 
C) encode growth factors 
D) can become oncogenes when mutated 
E) trigger tumor formation

Question 4

Following DNA replication, a single chromosome and its copy are attached at the centromere, forming ____ chromatids.

Accepted Answer

A) mother 
B) daughter 
C) preprogrammed 
D) sister 
E) duplicated 
A) mother 
B) daughter 
C) preprogrammed 
D) sister 
E) duplicated

Question 5

​List the four stages of mitosis in chronological order.

Accepted Answer

​The four stages of

Question 6

Cytokinesis occurs after telophase in the eukaryotic cell cycle.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Match the correct term with its corresponding description:
-neoplasm

Accepted Answer

A) process in which malignant cells spread from one part of the body to another 
B) gene that helps transform a normal cell into a tumor cell 
C) enzyme that lengthens telomeres 
D) accumulation of abnormally dividing cells 
E) disease that occurs when a malignant neoplasm physically and metabolically disrupts body tissues
F)tumors form when these gene products are missing
G)noncoding DNA sequence at the end of chromosomes that protects coding sequences from degradation
H)gene that, by mutation, can become an oncogene 
A) process in which malignant cells spread from one part of the body to another 
B) gene that helps transform a normal cell into a tumor cell 
C) enzyme that lengthens telomeres 
D) accumulation of abnormally dividing cells 
E) disease that occurs when a malignant neoplasm physically and metabolically disrupts body tissues
F)tumors form when these gene products are missing
G)noncoding DNA sequence at the end of chromosomes that protects coding sequences from degradation
H)gene that, by mutation, can become an oncogene

Question 8

Match each term with its corresponding description.
-cell plate

Accepted Answer

A) formed from lengthening microtubules 
B) a band of actin and motor proteins that forms under the plasma membrane during anaphase 
C) disk-shaped structure that forms and partitions descendant cells during cytokinesis in a plant cell 
D) location at which spindle microtubules assemble and bind to chromosomes 
E) in a dividing animal cell, the indentation where cytoplasmic division will occur 
A) formed from lengthening microtubules 
B) a band of actin and motor proteins that forms under the plasma membrane during anaphase 
C) disk-shaped structure that forms and partitions descendant cells during cytokinesis in a plant cell 
D) location at which spindle microtubules assemble and bind to chromosomes 
E) in a dividing animal cell, the indentation where cytoplasmic division will occur

Question 9

During the G2 phase of the cell cycle, most of the cell's activity is directed toward ____.

Accepted Answer

A) DNA replication 
B) membrane synthesis 
C) resting for the next step 
D) sorting the chromosomes 
E) making the proteins that drive mitosis 
A) DNA replication 
B) membrane synthesis 
C) resting for the next step 
D) sorting the chromosomes 
E) making the proteins that drive mitosis

Question 10

The mitotic spindle is made of ____.

Accepted Answer

A) Golgi bodies 
B) nucleoprotein 
C) endoplasmic reticulum 
D) microtubules 
E) chromatids 
A) Golgi bodies 
B) nucleoprotein 
C) endoplasmic reticulum 
D) microtubules 
E) chromatids

Question 11

A checkpoint protein that functions during S stage would likely ____.

Accepted Answer

A) ensure that enough energy is present for mitosis to occur 
B) detect mutations in proteins needed for mitosis 
C) ensure that spindles have formed 
D) monitors the cell's chromosomes for damage during DNA replication 
E) regulate metabolic pathways 
A) ensure that enough energy is present for mitosis to occur 
B) detect mutations in proteins needed for mitosis 
C) ensure that spindles have formed 
D) monitors the cell's chromosomes for damage during DNA replication 
E) regulate metabolic pathways

Question 12

​Explain why cells divide by mitosis. Give at least one example of cells that need to undergo mitotic division.

Accepted Answer

​In multicelled organisms, mitosis and c

Question 13

Telomeres ____.

Accepted Answer

A) keep track of the number of cell divisions that a cell undergoes 
B) provide extra nucleotides when needed during replication 
C) are needed for histone and DNA arrangement 
D) provide a site of attachment for spindles in cell division 
E) provide a buffer against the loss of coding DNA 
A) keep track of the number of cell divisions that a cell undergoes 
B) provide extra nucleotides when needed during replication 
C) are needed for histone and DNA arrangement 
D) provide a site of attachment for spindles in cell division 
E) provide a buffer against the loss of coding DNA

Question 14

Describe what happens during the phases of the cell cycle.

Accepted Answer

Most cells going about their metabolic b

Question 15

Match each term with its corresponding description.
-contractile ring​

Accepted Answer

A) formed from lengthening microtubules 
B) a band of actin and motor proteins that forms under the plasma membrane during anaphase 
C) disk-shaped structure that forms and partitions descendant cells during cytokinesis in a plant cell 
D) location at which spindle microtubules assemble and bind to chromosomes 
E) in a dividing animal cell, the indentation where cytoplasmic division will occur 
A) formed from lengthening microtubules 
B) a band of actin and motor proteins that forms under the plasma membrane during anaphase 
C) disk-shaped structure that forms and partitions descendant cells during cytokinesis in a plant cell 
D) location at which spindle microtubules assemble and bind to chromosomes 
E) in a dividing animal cell, the indentation where cytoplasmic division will occur

Question 16

What is the correct order of the three stages of interphase?

Accepted Answer

A) G1, S, G2 
B) G1, G2, S 
C) S, G1, G2 
D) G1, M, G2 
E) M, G1, G2 
A) G1, S, G2 
B) G1, G2, S 
C) S, G1, G2 
D) G1, M, G2 
E) M, G1, G2

Question 17

-The cell in the accompanying figure is in ____.

Accepted Answer

A) early prophase 
B) prophase 
C) telophase 
D) anaphase 
E) metaphase 
A) early prophase 
B) prophase 
C) telophase 
D) anaphase 
E) metaphase

Question 18

Match the correct term with its corresponding description:
-telomere

Accepted Answer

A) process in which malignant cells spread from one part of the body to another 
B) gene that helps transform a normal cell into a tumor cell 
C) enzyme that lengthens telomeres 
D) accumulation of abnormally dividing cells 
E) disease that occurs when a malignant neoplasm physically and metabolically disrupts body tissues
F)tumors form when these gene products are missing
G)noncoding DNA sequence at the end of chromosomes that protects coding sequences from degradation
H)gene that, by mutation, can become an oncogene 
A) process in which malignant cells spread from one part of the body to another 
B) gene that helps transform a normal cell into a tumor cell 
C) enzyme that lengthens telomeres 
D) accumulation of abnormally dividing cells 
E) disease that occurs when a malignant neoplasm physically and metabolically disrupts body tissues
F)tumors form when these gene products are missing
G)noncoding DNA sequence at the end of chromosomes that protects coding sequences from degradation
H)gene that, by mutation, can become an oncogene

Question 19

Match the correct term with its corresponding description:
-proto-oncogene

Accepted Answer

A) process in which malignant cells spread from one part of the body to another 
B) gene that helps transform a normal cell into a tumor cell 
C) enzyme that lengthens telomeres 
D) accumulation of abnormally dividing cells 
E) disease that occurs when a malignant neoplasm physically and metabolically disrupts body tissues
F)tumors form when these gene products are missing
G)noncoding DNA sequence at the end of chromosomes that protects coding sequences from degradation
H)gene that, by mutation, can become an oncogene 
A) process in which malignant cells spread from one part of the body to another 
B) gene that helps transform a normal cell into a tumor cell 
C) enzyme that lengthens telomeres 
D) accumulation of abnormally dividing cells 
E) disease that occurs when a malignant neoplasm physically and metabolically disrupts body tissues
F)tumors form when these gene products are missing
G)noncoding DNA sequence at the end of chromosomes that protects coding sequences from degradation
H)gene that, by mutation, can become an oncogene

Question 20

Dolly, the sheep, was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell. Unexpectedly, she aged prematurely and died at six years old. She had characteristics of a geriatric sheep. Why was this the case?

Accepted Answer

​Dolly's DNA came from a cell taken from

Exam 11: How Cells Reproduce

Transcription and DNA replication occur while a cell is in interphase.​

The nuclear envelope reforms during ____.

Tumor suppressor genes ____.

Following DNA replication, a single chromosome and its copy are attached at the centromere, forming ____ chromatids.

​List the four stages of mitosis in chronological order.

Cytokinesis occurs after telophase in the eukaryotic cell cycle.​

Match the correct term with its corresponding description: -neoplasm

Match each term with its corresponding description. -cell plate

During the G2 phase of the cell cycle, most of the cell's activity is directed toward ____.

The mitotic spindle is made of ____.

A checkpoint protein that functions during S stage would likely ____.

​Explain why cells divide by mitosis. Give at least one example of cells that need to undergo mitotic division.

Telomeres ____.

Describe what happens during the phases of the cell cycle.

Match each term with its corresponding description. -contractile ring​

What is the correct order of the three stages of interphase?

-The cell in the accompanying figure is in ____.

Match the correct term with its corresponding description: -telomere

Match the correct term with its corresponding description: -proto-oncogene

Dolly, the sheep, was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell. Unexpectedly, she aged prematurely and died at six years old. She had characteristics of a geriatric sheep. Why was this the case?

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Transcription and DNA replication occur while a cell is in interphase.

List the four stages of mitosis in chronological order.

Cytokinesis occurs after telophase in the eukaryotic cell cycle.

Explain why cells divide by mitosis. Give at least one example of cells that need to undergo mitotic division.

Match each term with its corresponding description. -contractile ring