Mitosis Meiosis Somatic Cells GametesMisc.

100 Cells spend most of their time in which phase?

100 - Answer Interphase

200 In anaphase, where are the chromosomes moving to?

200 - Answer Toward the poles

300 In what phase does the cleavage furrow begin to form?

300 - Answer Anaphase

400 In which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope begin to break down?

400 - Answer Prophase

500 What structures must divide in order to make double stranded chromosomes single stranded?

500 - Answer Centromeres

100 Meiosis is the division of what?

100 - Answer Gametes

200 How many cells are formed at the end of telophase II?

200 - Answer Four (4)

300 Daily Double! Crossing over occurs during which phase? BE SPECIFIC!!!

300 - Answer Prophase I

400 What do you call the pairing up of homologous chromosomes?

400 - Answer Synapsis

500 During metaphase I of meiosis, where are the centrioles located?

500 - Answer At the poles

100 Somatic cells are also known as what?

100 - Answer Normal body cells

200 How many chromosomes are in each human somatic cell?

200 - Answer 46

300 What are the fibers called pull chromosomes toward the poles?

300 - Answer The Spindle

400 At the end of mitosis, how many new somatic cells are made?

400 - Answer Two (2)

500 An organism has 10 chromosomes in its gametes. How many chromosomes are in its somatic cells?

500 - Answer 20

100 What is the division of gametes known as?

100 - Answer Meiosis

200 How many times do cells divide in the making of gametes?

200 - Answer Twice

300 Pairs of chromosomes that contain the same basic information are known as what?

300 - Answer Homologous Chromosomes

400 Daily Double! If an organism has 24 chromosomes in its somatic cells, how many chromosomes will be in its gametes?

400 - Answer 12

500 How many chromosomes are in human gametes?

500 - Answer 23

100 What do you call the division of somatic cells?

100 - Answer Mitosis

200 What is the center of the chromosome (where the spindle attaches) called?

200 - Answer The centromere

300 What do you call the area of the cell that pinches and eventually separates the dividing cell into two cells.

300 - Answer The cleavage furrow.

400 What is the division of the cytoplasm called?

400 - Answer Cytokinesis

500 At the end of meiosis, what happens to the # of chromosomes?

500 - Answer The number is cut in half.