THE CELL CYCLE WORKSHEET Name: ___Key________

Matching: match the term to the description

__E_ 1. The sister chromatids are moving apart. __E_ 9. The chromosomes are moving towards the
poles of the cell.
__B_ 2. The nucleolus begins to fade from view.
__D_ 10. Chromatids line up along the equator.
__C_ 3. A new nuclear membrane is forming around
the chromosomes. __A_ 11. The spindle is formed.

__C_ 4. The cytoplasm of the cell is being divided. __B_ 12. Chromosomes are not visible.

__C_ 5. The chromosomes become invisible. __B_ 13. Cytokinesis is completed (as next cycle
begins).
__D_ 6. The chromosomes are located at the equator
of the cell. __C_ 14. The cell plate is completed.

__A_ 7. The nuclear membrane begins to fade from __B_ 15. Chromosomes are replicated.
view.
__C_ 16. The reverse of prophase.
__C_ 8. The division (cleavage) furrow appears.
__B_ 17. The organization phase
.
Fill in the blank: Some will be used more than once.
A. Prophase D. Metaphase G. Chromatid J. Spindle fiber
B. Interphase E. Anaphase H. Cytokinesis K. Cell plate
C. Telophase F. Centromere I. Mitosis

______B________18. What phase are daughter cells in as ______J________24. What structure forms in prophase
a result of mitosis? along which the chromosomes move?

______E________19. During what phase of mitosis do ______D________25. Which phase of mitosis is the last
centromeres divide and the phase that chromatids are together?
chromosomes move toward their
respective poles? ______B________26. Which phase of the cell cycle is
characterized by a non-dividing cell?
______A________20. What is the phase where chromatin
condenses to form chromosomes? ______J________27. What structure is produced when
protein fibers radiate from centrioles?
______F________21. What is the name of the structure
that connects the two chromatids? ______K________28. What forms across the center of a
cell near the end of telophase?
______G________22. In a chromosome pair connected by
a centromere, what is each individual ______B________29. The period of cell growth and
chromosome called? development between mitotic
divisions?
______I, H_______23. What are the two parts of cell
division? ______H________30. What is the phase where cytokinesis
occurs?
 The diagram below shows six cells in various phases of the cell cycle. Note the cells are not arranged in the
order in which the cell cycle occurs. Use the diagram to answer questions 1-7.

____________________1. Cells A & F show an early and a late stage of the same phase of the cell
cycle. What phase is it? prophase
____________________2. Which cell is in metaphase? C
____________________3. Which cell is in the first phase of M phase (mitosis)? A
____________________4. In cell A, what structure is labeled X? centriole
____________________5. List the diagrams in order from first to last in the cell cycle. DAFCEB
____________________6. Are the cells depicted plant or animal cells? animal
a. Explain your answer. Cells are round, no cell plate, pinching

b. If it were the other type of cell what would be different in the diagrams?
Square, cell plate

____________________7. What is the longest phase of the cell cycle? interphase

8. Why is mitosis important? Duplicate nuclear material for 2 daughter cells

9. Predict what would happen if an individual had faulty spindle fibers. Daughter cells would end up with
the wrong number of chromosomes

10. Predict what would happen if cytokinesis was skipped. Cells would have too many chromosomes; cells
wouldn’t function properly because they would be too big.

11. What is the difference between cell plate and cleavage furrow?

below

12. Draw a cell and label the: nucleus, centrioles, spindle fibers, pole of cell, equator of cell
Below
Equator
of cell

pole