Mitosis and Meiosis Test Questions and Answers
mitosis produces ONLY what type of cells - Answer-body cells
why is it important that during mitosis, your cells only make identical cells? - Answer-so that it makes the right cells to replace damaged cells
do cells divide all the time - Answer...
mitosis produces ONLY what type of cells - Answer-body cells
why is it important that during mitosis, your cells only make identical cells? - Answer-so
that it makes the right cells to replace damaged cells
do cells divide all the time - Answer-no
what is cancer - Answer-uncontrolled cell growth
in what phase of cell division do cells spend most of their time - Answer-interphase
what 3 things do cells do during interphase - Answer-growth, replication, and cell
function
what do healed injuries, fingernail growth, and growing up have in common? - Answer-
mitosis
what percentage of time do cells spend in interphase? - Answer-90%
what percent of time do they spend in mitosis - Answer-10%
what cell organelle holds your dna and why is dna important - Answer-nucleus, dna is
important because it is genetic information which is needed to make identical cells
what two things are chromosomes made of - Answer-dna and protein
how many chromosomes do our bodies contain - Answer-46
in what phase do our cells make a copy of our chromosomes before mitosis starts -
Answer-interphase
what is a centromere - Answer-the point on a chromosome by which it is attached to a
spindle fiber during cell division.
what are chromatids - Answer-identical strands of chromosomes
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