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Name: ________________________________________________________ Date: ________________ Period: ______

Mitosis and the Cell Cycle Reading Packet


Read the packet of information and answer the following questions. This should be done quietly and by yourself.
The Cell Cycle
1) Name three things that happen during the cell cycle.
a. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2) How many stages are in the cell cycle? ____________ How many stages are in mitosis? ____________
3) Define MITOSIS. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
4) What are diploid cells? ____________________________________________________________________________________________
5) How many chromosomes do human diploid cells contain? _______________________________________________________________
6) How can we see evidence of cell death at home? _______________________________________________________________________
7) What is dust made from? __________________________________________________________________________________________
8) What is the purpose of mitosis? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Interphase
9) What do cells perform during interphase? ____________________________________________________________________________
10) What would a stomach cell do during interphase? ______________________________________________________________________
11) True or False: Interphase is a quick stage in the life of a cell. _____________________________________________________________
12) Name the first stage of interphase. __________________________________________________________________________________
13) What will happen to a cell in the first stage of interphase? _______________________________________________________________
14) During the first stage of interphase, what will a cell create extra amounts of? ________________________________________________
15) Name the second stage of interphase. _______________________________________________________________________________
16) What does the word “synthesis” mean? ______________________________________________________________________________
17) What is created during the second stage of interphase? _________________________________________________________________
18) Name the third stage of interphase. _________________________________________________________________________________
19) What will happen to a cell in the third stage of interphase? ______________________________________________________________
20) In the space below, draw a picture of a cell in the interphase stage.

Prophase
21) Define CHROMATIN. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
22) Define CHROMOSOME. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
23) In what form is the DNA at the start of prophase? ______________________________________________________________________
24) What is the purpose of condensing the DNA into a chromosome? _________________________________________________________
25) What is the job of the nucleus? _____________________________________________________________________________________
26) What happens to the nucleus during prophase? ________________________________________________________________________
27) What causes the nucleus to break apart? _____________________________________________________________________________
28) Name the organelle that creates spindle fibers. ________________________________________________________________________
29) In the space below, draw a picture of a cell in the prophase stage.
Metaphase
30) How would you describe what a spindle fiber is?
_______________________________________________________________________
31) Label the parts of the chromosome in the picture to the right.
32) Where do spindle fibers attach on a chromosome? _______________________________
33) What do the spindle fibers do once they attach to a chromosome?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
34) Where can the chromosomes be found at the end of metaphase? _________________________________________________________
35) In the space below, draw a picture of a cell in the metaphase stage.

Anaphase
36) How many human chromosomes would be in the cell’s equator at the end of metaphase? _____________________________________
37) What are the two halves of a chromosome called? _____________________________________________________________________
38) If a cell has 10 total chromosomes, how many chromatids will exist? _______________________________________________________
39) If a cell has 10 chromosomes at the equator, how many chromatids will be pulled:
a. To the left side of the cell? ______________________
b. To the right side of the cell? _____________________
40) In the space below, draw a picture of a cell in the anaphase stage.

Telophase
41) How many cells will exist when telophase is finished? ___________________________________________________________________
42) Which organelle will regrow during telophase? ________________________________________________________________________
43) Define CYTOKINESIS. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
44) In what form is the DNA at the start of telophase? ______________________________________________________________________
45) In what form is the DNA at the end of telophase? ______________________________________________________________________
46) In the space below, draw a picture of a cell in the telophase stage.

Why should we care about Mitosis?


47) What happens to cells with cancer? _________________________________________________________________________________
48) Define TUMOR. __________________________________________________________________________________________________
49) Define METASTASIZE. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
50) Why is it bad when cancer metastasizes? _____________________________________________________________________________
51) How many cells make up the human body? ___________________________________________________________________________
52) What type of radiation is used to kill cancer cells? ______________________________________________________________________
53) Why does radiation treatment often make people sick? _________________________________________________________________

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