How one cell becomes two (mitosis)
Grade 7 Science Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer.
Two cards of a model animal cell, not to scale (model data: 4 chromosomes). Zee's friend says interphase is the first stage of mitosis, because the chromosomes are copied then. Which response is best?
- Disagree: interphase comes before mitosis, when the cell grows and copies its chromosomes
- Agree: copying the chromosomes is how mitosis starts, so interphase is its first stage
- Disagree: the chromosomes are copied in prophase, not in interphase
- Agree: interphase is a quiet resting time, so it is the first stage of mitosis
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Two cards of a model animal cell, not to scale (model data: 4 chromosomes). Card P: the 4 chromosomes sit in a line across the middle of the cell. Card Q: the copies of each chromosome are pulled into two groups, with 4 moving toward each end.
Noah's friend says the chromosomes are pulled apart in metaphase and line up in anaphase. Which response is best?
- Disagree: they line up in prophase and are pulled apart in metaphase
- Agree: the pulling comes first, and then the chromosomes line up in the middle
- Disagree: they line up in anaphase and are pulled apart in telophase
- Disagree: they line up in metaphase and are pulled apart in anaphase
not to scale (model data: 4 chromosomes). Pia's friend says each new cell must get only half of the chromosomes, or the number would double with every division. Which response is best?
- Disagree: the chromosomes are not copied, so the new cells share the parent's set
- Disagree: the chromosomes are copied first, so each new cell gets a full set
- Agree: each new cell has to make up the missing half after the split
- Agree: each new cell gets half, because a full set would double the number in each cell
not to scale (model data: 14 chromosomes). Bo reads cards S and Q of one dividing model cell. How many chromosomes will each new cell hold, and which stage is card S?
- 7 chromosomes; metaphase
- 14 chromosomes; anaphase
- 28 chromosomes; metaphase
- 14 chromosomes; metaphase
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Cards for one dividing model plant cell, not to scale (model data: 12 chromosomes). Card P: the 12 chromosomes are thin, tangled threads inside a round nucleus. Card Q: a new wall is forming across the middle of the cell, making two cells, and each has its own nucleus.
Jun follows the model plant cell on cards P and Q through mitosis and cytokinesis. How many chromosomes are in the two new cells together?
- 24
- 48
- 12
- 36
after it divided, not to scale (model data). Esme reads that mitosis made two new cells with 10 chromosomes each. How many chromosomes did the cell have before it divided?
- 15
- 5
- 20
- 10
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Notebook about one model animal cell that starts with 4 chromosomes, model data. Line 1: In interphase, the cell grows and copies its chromosomes. Line 2: In metaphase, the chromosomes line up across the middle. Line 3: In anaphase, the copies are pulled apart, with 4 moving toward each end. Line 4: After cytokinesis, there are 2 cells with 2 chromosomes each.
Kira writes four notebook lines about a model cell that starts with 4 chromosomes. Which line has a flaw?
- Line 3: 2 chromosomes, not 4, should move toward each end
- Line 4: each new cell should have 4 chromosomes, not 2
- Line 1: the cell copies its chromosomes in prophase, not in interphase
- Line 2: the chromosomes line up in anaphase, not in metaphase
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Notebook about one dividing model plant cell, model data. Line 1: In prophase, the chromosomes thicken and the nucleus boundary starts to break up. Line 2: In metaphase, the chromosomes line up across the middle. Line 3: In anaphase, the new wall is finished before the chromosomes reach the ends. Line 4: The two new cells have the same chromosomes as the first cell.
Ari writes four notebook lines about a dividing plant cell. Which line has a flaw?
- Line 1: the nucleus boundary stays whole until anaphase begins
- Line 3: the new wall forms after the chromosomes reach the ends
- Line 2: the cell has already split in two by the time of metaphase
- Line 4: the new cells should hold half of the chromosomes of the first cell
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Notebook about what mitosis does, model data. Line 1: Root-tip cells divide by mitosis, and the new cells grow longer. Line 2: Gut-lining cells that wear off are replaced when nearby cells divide by mitosis. Line 3: Egg and sperm cells are made by mitosis, so they match the body cells. Line 4: The two new cells made by mitosis hold the same chromosomes as the first cell.
Tala writes four notebook lines about what mitosis does. Which line has a flaw?
- Line 3: egg and sperm cells come from a different division, which halves the chromosomes
- Line 2: nearby cells replace worn cells by growing bigger, not by dividing
- Line 4: the two new cells should hold half of the first cell's chromosomes
- Line 1: root-tip cells divide to make egg and sperm cells for the plant
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Slide count (model data) for one root tip, 20 cells in all. Columns: Stage | Cells. In interphase | 17. In mitosis | 3.
Luz's class counts 20 root-tip cells: 17 in interphase and 3 in mitosis. A classmate asks why so few are in mitosis. Which explanation fits?
- The root tip has stopped growing, so most of its cells have stopped dividing
- Mitosis is short and interphase is long, so most cells are between divisions
- Interphase is the first stage of mitosis, so the 17 cells are in mitosis too
- Interphase is a resting time, so those 17 cells are idle until the root needs them
