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9th grade Name the stage of mitosis from a picture worksheet

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Name the stage of mitosis from a picture

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  1. Read this first

    Use this

    Four cell drawings of one animal cell with 8 chromosomes (model, not to scale), shown in mixed order. Q: 8 thick X-shaped chromosomes scattered inside, the nuclear envelope breaking into pieces, spindle fibers just starting. S: two nuclei, each in a new nuclear envelope, with the chromosomes unwound into thin threads.

  2. Ari sorts four drawings of one dividing animal cell from first to last. Which order is right?

    • R, Q, P, S
    • Q, R, S, P
    • Q, P, R, S
    • Q, R, P, S
  3. Bo sorts four drawings of one dividing plant cell from first to last. Which order is right?

    • R, P, Q, S
    • R, S, P, Q
    • R, P, S, Q
    • P, R, S, Q
  4. Use this

    Four cell drawings of one animal cell with 12 chromosomes (model, not to scale), shown in mixed order. P: two groups of 12 chromosomes unwinding at the ends, new nuclear envelopes forming, a deep groove at the middle. Q: two separate cells side by side, each with one nucleus and thin threads inside. R: 12 X-shaped chromosomes in a row across the middle. S: 24 single rods in two groups of 12, moving apart in a stretched oval cell.

  5. Esme sorts four drawings of one dividing animal cell from first to last. Which order is right?

    • S, R, P, Q
    • R, P, S, Q
    • R, S, Q, P
    • R, S, P, Q
  6. Use the table

    Card (model data): a slide of onion root tip cells, 120 cells counted. The whole cell cycle in an onion root tip takes about 12 hours, and each cell counted stands for an equal share of it.

    StageCells counted
    Interphase105
    Prophase8
    Metaphase2
    Anaphase1
    Telophase4

    The card is read about only.

  7. Jun's class counted cells on a root tip slide and made the card. Which mitosis stage lasts longest, and about how long?

    • Prophase, about 0.8 hours
    • Interphase, about 10.5 hours
    • Prophase, about 8 hours
    • Anaphase, about 0.1 hours
  8. Kira's class counted cells on another root tip slide. About how many minutes does a cell spend in mitosis, from prophase through telophase?

    • 630 minutes: 70 ÷ 80 × 720 = 630
    • 10 minutes: 10 cells are in mitosis, so 10 minutes
    • 90 minutes: 10 ÷ 80 × 720 = 90
    • 45 minutes: 5 ÷ 80 × 720 = 45
  9. Luz's group names groups A and B on the card. Which pair of names is right, and which stage is longer?

    • A is metaphase and B is anaphase; B is longer
    • A is metaphase and B is anaphase; A is longer
    • A is prophase and B is telophase; A is longer
    • A is anaphase and B is metaphase; A is longer
  10. Notebook (not to scale)

    Notes on one animal cell with 8 chromosomes. Line 1: In prophase, the chromosomes condense and the nuclear envelope breaks down. Line 2: In metaphase, the 8 chromosomes sit in a row across the middle. Line 3: In anaphase, the sister chromatids stay joined in a row across the middle. Line 4: In telophase, new nuclear envelopes form around the two groups.

  11. Milo's notebook describes one dividing animal cell in four lines. Which line has a flaw?

    • Line 3: in anaphase the sister chromatids separate and move apart
    • Line 4: telophase is the same event as cytokinesis, so the line is wrong
    • Line 1: chromosomes are already visible in interphase, before prophase
    • Line 2: a row of 8 chromosomes should show 8 rods, one for each
  12. Notebook (not to scale)

    Notes on one plant cell with 10 chromosomes. Line 1: In interphase, the DNA is copied, so each of the 10 chromosomes gets two sister chromatids. Line 2: In metaphase, the 10 chromosomes sit in a row, holding 20 sister chromatids. Line 3: In anaphase, the 20 chromatids separate, and 10 chromosomes move to each end. Line 4: Then a cleavage furrow pinches the plant cell in two.

  13. Noah's notebook describes one dividing plant cell in four lines. Which line has a flaw?

    • Line 4: a plant cell builds a cell plate, not a cleavage furrow
    • Line 3: the chromosomes separate in metaphase, not in anaphase
    • Line 2: the row should hold 10 sister chromatids, not 20
    • Line 1: chromosomes are already X-shaped and visible in interphase
  14. Claim card

    a human body cell has 46 chromosomes (OpenStax Biology 2e, 10.1). At metaphase each chromosome is made of two sister chromatids joined at a centromere. The claim says the cell has 46 chromosomes and 92 sister chromatids.

  15. Ren claims that a human body cell at metaphase has 46 chromosomes and 92 sister chromatids. Which verdict and reason are right?

    • Disagree: each of the 92 chromatids is its own chromosome, so there are 92 chromosomes
    • Disagree: the 46 chromosomes split into 23 pairs of sister chromatids at metaphase
    • Agree: the 92 adds the 46 chromosomes and 46 matching ones from the other parent
    • Agree: each of the 46 chromosomes is two sister chromatids, and 46 × 2 = 92
  16. “Slide card (model data)” Tala looks at a slide with one cell in interphase and one in metaphase, and claims the X-shaped chromosomes are easiest to see in the interphase cell. Which verdict and reason are right?

    • Right: the chromosomes stay condensed and X-shaped through the whole cell cycle
    • Right: the nuclear envelope holds the chromosomes in X shapes until mitosis ends
    • Wrong: interphase DNA is loose chromatin, and chromosomes are most condensed at metaphase
    • Wrong: chromosomes are clearest in telophase, when they are unwound and thin
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Name the stage of mitosis from a picture. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can name prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase from a described drawing, using what the chromosomes and the nuclear envelope look like, and I can put four jumbled drawings in order.
  • I can say what a sister chromatid is (an identical copy of one chromosome, made when the DNA was copied in S phase, joined to its partner at the centromere) and count chromosomes and chromatids in a model cell: 6 chromosomes at metaphase are 12 sister chromatids, and once the chromatids separate each one is counted as a chromosome (12 in all, 6 at each end).
  • I can tell cytokinesis in an animal cell (a cleavage furrow) from cytokinesis in a plant cell (a cell plate that grows into a new wall), and I can say telophase (the chromosomes and nuclei) is not the same event as cytokinesis (the cytoplasm).
  • I can say chromosomes are condensed rods or X shapes in mitosis and loose chromatin in interphase.
  • I can read a model-data slide card (counts of cells in each stage) and estimate how long each stage lasts.

Standard: HS-LS1-4

Words to know

mitosis (karyokinesis): The stages in which a cell's copied chromosomes are shared out into two nuclei

interphase: The long part of the cycle when the cell grows and copies its DNA

chromatin: DNA packed loosely with proteins, as it is in interphase

chromosome: One long DNA molecule packed with proteins; it condenses to a rod or X in mitosis

sister chromatids: Two identical copies of one chromosome, joined at the centromere

centromere: The narrow spot where two sister chromatids are joined

spindle: The set of fibers that move the chromosomes during mitosis

nuclear envelope: The double membrane around the nucleus; it breaks down and re-forms

Common mistakes

Your child mixed up metaphase and anaphase. Chromosomes line up across the middle at metaphase and are pulled apart at anaphase. Ask your child to point to the row of chromosomes, then to the two groups at the ends.

Your child treated the two sister chromatids of one chromosome as two different chromosomes. They are identical copies joined at the centromere. Ask your child to count the joined pairs in a drawing.

Your child thought plant cells divide by pinching in. Plant cells have walls and build a cell plate, while animal cells pinch with a cleavage furrow. Ask your child to find the wall in each drawing.

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What is the most common mistake with name the stage of mitosis from a picture?

Your child mixed up metaphase and anaphase. Chromosomes line up across the middle at metaphase and are pulled apart at anaphase. Ask your child to point to the row of chromosomes, then to the two groups at the ends.

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