True/False:
1. Cytokinesis occurs before metaphase in animal cells.
a. True
b. False
2. Interphase is known as the step between metaphase and anaphase.
a. True
b. False
3. A cell with any ploidy (e.g., any number of chromosomes) can undergo mitosis.
a. True
b. False
4. Meiosis is typically carried out by somatic cells.
a. True
b. False
5. In mitosis, DNA is typically split unequally between two daughter cells.
a. True
b. False
6. Mitosis is synonymous with cell division (cytokinesis).
a. True
b. False
7. The cell plate joins with the cell wall of plants and fuses to form two new cells.
a. True
b. False
8. Humans are capable of asexual reproduction.
a. True
b. False
9. Plants do not undergo mitosis.
a. True
b. False
, 10. The cleavage furrow forms in animals but not plants.
a. True
b. False
11. Somatic cells reproduce by ______________ and germ cells reproduce by
______________ .
a. meiosis; mitosis
b. mitosis; mitosis
c. mitosis; meiosis
d. meiosis; meiosis
e. None of answer options
12. Which of the following statements about human reproduction is true?
a. Mitosis in males is also known as spermatogenesis.
b. Sperm and ova are zygotes.
c. Oogenesis takes place in the ovaries of females.
d. Mitosis in females is also known as oogenesis
e. All of answers are correct
13. Human gametes normally have _____ chromosomes.
a. 23
b. 26
c. 43
d. 46
e. 2
14. Which of the following normally occurs as a result of fertilization?
a. A gamete is created.
b. A single sperm and ovum combine their genetic material to create a zygote
with the same number of chromosomes as the parents.
c. A single sperm and ovum combine their genetic material to create an
offspring with a different number of chromosomes as the parents.
d. The final phase of spermatogenesis begins.
15. Which of the following statements is true about mitosis in humans?
a. Germline cells of the body go through mitosis more or less constantly
from conception until death.
b. Each cell undergoing mitosis followed by cytokinesis divides into two,
new cells that are usually identical to the cell from which they originated.