BIO BEYOND CELLULAR REPLICATION UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED 2027 EDITION
1. You might think of how parents look like their children. Their shared characterisitecs are coded in
the DNA passed down by the parent. This DNA is in all cells, which copies itself as one cells divides into
two. Do you think this process is the same for all cells?
No, because prokaryotic cells would need more complex processes due to the cell wall
2. Prokaryotes, being smaller and less complex than eukaryotes, replicate using a simple process
called binary fission. Listed below are a few steps which must happen during the process and a few
that don't. See if you can identify which steps should occur in binary fission below:
DNA is copied in place Cell wall and membrane pinch closed DNA migrates to either side of cell Two
genetically identical cells are present
3. You now know the steps of binary fission in prokaryotes. See if you can order the images from the
first to last step starting on the left.
4. Binary fission is used by:
Prokaryotes
5. And produces:
Two genetically identical cells
6. Eukaryotes (plants, animals, and fungi) reproduce differently than prokaryotes on a cellular level.
Which of the following do you think contributes most to this different process?
Eukaryotes generally have larger genomes
7. Normally, the cell is in a state called interphase, which has three stages - G1, S, and G2, shown to
the right. In interphase, the cell is performing its normal functions, but toward the end some changes
begin happening. What do you see happening in the images to the right?
The genetic material is being copied
8. REPLICATION Interphase (G1/S/G2) - Prophase - Metaphase - Anaphase - Telophase - Cytokinesis The
first stage of mitosis is called prophase. The images to the right show a cell both before and after
prophase. What appears different?
The genetic material has condensed
9. Shown on the right is an enlarged version of the diagram of the cell after prophase, in which
X-shaped structures called chromosomes have condensed from chromatin. Do you think
chromosomes would always be shaped like an X? Why or why not?
No - other organisms might have differently shaped chromosomes
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AND CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED 2027 EDITION
1. You might think of how parents look like their children. Their shared characterisitecs are coded in
the DNA passed down by the parent. This DNA is in all cells, which copies itself as one cells divides into
two. Do you think this process is the same for all cells?
No, because prokaryotic cells would need more complex processes due to the cell wall
2. Prokaryotes, being smaller and less complex than eukaryotes, replicate using a simple process
called binary fission. Listed below are a few steps which must happen during the process and a few
that don't. See if you can identify which steps should occur in binary fission below:
DNA is copied in place Cell wall and membrane pinch closed DNA migrates to either side of cell Two
genetically identical cells are present
3. You now know the steps of binary fission in prokaryotes. See if you can order the images from the
first to last step starting on the left.
4. Binary fission is used by:
Prokaryotes
5. And produces:
Two genetically identical cells
6. Eukaryotes (plants, animals, and fungi) reproduce differently than prokaryotes on a cellular level.
Which of the following do you think contributes most to this different process?
Eukaryotes generally have larger genomes
7. Normally, the cell is in a state called interphase, which has three stages - G1, S, and G2, shown to
the right. In interphase, the cell is performing its normal functions, but toward the end some changes
begin happening. What do you see happening in the images to the right?
The genetic material is being copied
8. REPLICATION Interphase (G1/S/G2) - Prophase - Metaphase - Anaphase - Telophase - Cytokinesis The
first stage of mitosis is called prophase. The images to the right show a cell both before and after
prophase. What appears different?
The genetic material has condensed
9. Shown on the right is an enlarged version of the diagram of the cell after prophase, in which
X-shaped structures called chromosomes have condensed from chromatin. Do you think
chromosomes would always be shaped like an X? Why or why not?
No - other organisms might have differently shaped chromosomes
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