Name the stage of mitosis from a picture
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Ari studies a drawing of a dividing cell. Label A points to the narrow spot where the two rods of one chromosome are joined. What is A?
- The spindle
- The cleavage furrow
- The centromere
- The nucleolus
Bo reads a drawing of a plant cell. Label B points to one thick rod of a chromosome. What is B?
Cell drawing (model, not to scale): a plant cell with a cell wall and 4 chromosomes lined up across the middle. Each chromosome is drawn as two thick rods joined at one narrow spot. B points to one of the two rods of a chromosome. Cell drawing (model, not to scale): a plant cell with a cell wall and 4 chromosomes lined up across the middle. Each chromosome is drawn as two thick rods joined at one narrow spot. B points to one of the two rods of a chromosome. B - A separate chromosome, with different genes from the other rod
- A sister chromatid, an identical copy of the other rod
- A spindle fiber, a thread that pulls on the chromosome
- A strand of chromatin, loose DNA from the nucleus
Cell drawing (model, not to scale). Esme looks at a cell in interphase. Label C points to the loose, tangled threads of DNA inside the nucleus. What is C?
Cell drawing (model, not to scale): an animal cell in interphase with one round nucleus inside a nuclear envelope. Inside the nucleus is a loose tangle of thin threads. No rods or X shapes are drawn. C points to the tangle of thin threads. Cell drawing (model, not to scale): an animal cell in interphase with one round nucleus inside a nuclear envelope. Inside the nucleus is a loose tangle of thin threads. No rods or X shapes are drawn. C points to the tangle of thin threads. nuclear envelope C animal cell in interphase - Spindle fibers, threads that pull chromosomes
- Chromatin, loosely packed DNA with proteins
- Condensed chromosomes, each with two chromatids
- A cell plate, a new wall between two cells
The front of the card reads sister chromatids. The back is blank. Jun makes flash cards for mitosis. Which meaning belongs on the card for the term sister chromatids?
- Two daughter cells that form when mitosis is finished
- Two identical copies of one chromosome, joined at a centromere
- Two different chromosomes that are joined at a centromere
- Two spindle fibers that pull on one chromosome at its centromere
The front of the card reads cleavage furrow. The back is blank. Kira makes a flash card for the term cleavage furrow. Which meaning belongs on the card?
- A new wall that grows across the middle of a plant cell
- An inward pinch that splits a plant cell in two
- An inward pinch that splits an animal cell in two
- The line where chromosomes sit in the middle of a cell
The front of the card reads cell plate. The back is blank. Luz makes a flash card for the term cell plate. Which meaning belongs on the card?
- A new wall that forms between two daughter plant cells
- A groove that pinches a plant cell in half
- The line where the chromosomes sit in the middle
- A ring of threads that squeezes an animal cell
Milo looks at drawing P of a dividing cell. Which stage of mitosis does it show?
Cell drawing P (model, not to scale): an animal cell with 4 chromosomes. All 4 sit in a row across the middle of the cell, each drawn as two rods joined at one spot. Thin spindle fibers reach the chromosomes from two opposite ends of the cell. No nuclear envelope is drawn. Cell drawing P (model, not to scale): an animal cell with 4 chromosomes. All 4 sit in a row across the middle of the cell, each drawn as two rods joined at one spot. Thin spindle fibers reach the chromosomes from two opposite ends of the cell. No nuclear envelope is drawn. P 4 chromosomes - Metaphase
- Prophase
- Anaphase
- Telophase
Noah looks at drawing P of a dividing cell. Which stage of mitosis does it show?
Cell drawing P (model, not to scale): an animal cell stretched into an oval. It holds 8 single rods in two groups of 4, one group near each end. Each rod is being pulled toward the nearer end. Thin spindle fibers run from each group to its end. No nuclear envelope is drawn. Cell drawing P (model, not to scale): an animal cell stretched into an oval. It holds 8 single rods in two groups of 4, one group near each end. Each rod is being pulled toward the nearer end. Thin spindle fibers run from each group to its end. No nuclear envelope is drawn. P - Anaphase
- Telophase
- Metaphase
- Prophase
Cycle wheel (model, not to scale). Ren fills in a cycle wheel. Box A shows an animal cell with 4 chromosomes lined up across the middle. Which name goes in box A?
Cycle wheel (model, not to scale): a circle cut into arcs in order: G1, S, G2, M (mitosis) and cytokinesis. The M arc is opened out into boxes in order: prophase, A, B, telophase. Box A: an animal cell with 4 chromosomes lined up across the middle. Box B: the same cell with 8 single rods in two groups of 4, one group at each end. Cycle wheel (model, not to scale): a circle cut into arcs in order: G1, S, G2, M (mitosis) and cytokinesis. The M arc is opened out into boxes in order: prophase, A, B, telophase. Box A: an animal cell with 4 chromosomes lined up across the middle. Box B: the same cell with 8 single rods in two groups of 4, one group at each end. G1 S G2 M cytokinesis mitosis prophase A B telophase - Anaphase
- Interphase
- Metaphase
- Cytokinesis
Cycle wheel (model, not to scale)
a circle cut into arcs in order: G1, S, G2, M (mitosis) and cytokinesis. The M arc is opened out into boxes in order: prophase, A, B, telophase. Box A: a plant cell with 6 chromosomes lined up across the middle. Box B: the same cell with 12 single rods in two groups of 6, one group at each end.
Tala fills in a cycle wheel. In box B a plant cell has 12 single rods in two groups of 6, one group at each end. Which name goes in box B?
- Interphase
- Cytokinesis
- Metaphase
- Anaphase