BSC 1005 Lowell Exam 3 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is cell division? - CORRECT ANSWER - Process by which a cell divides into two
new daughter cells
Why is cell division necessary? - CORRECT ANSWER - Needed for growth, replacement,
and repair
What cellular components MUST be duplicated before a cell can divide? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Organelles and chromosomes
How do cells divide? - CORRECT ANSWER - They pass through a series of phases
What types of phases are included in the cell cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Preparatory
and division
One cell divides into ___ identical cells - CORRECT ANSWER - Two
What are the three main stages of the cell cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Interphase,
mitosis, and cytokinesis
What three phases make up interphase? - CORRECT ANSWER - G1, S, G2
What phase makes up mitosis? - CORRECT ANSWER -M
What phase makes up cytokinesis? - CORRECT ANSWER - G0
, What is the G0 phase also known as? - CORRECT ANSWER - The resting phase
True or False: Some cells stay in the G0 phase forever - CORRECT ANSWER - True
What are chromosomes? - CORRECT ANSWER - Very long molecules of DNA tightly
packed with proteins
What are sister chromatids? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 Identical copies of DNA held
together by a centromere
What is a centromere? - CORRECT ANSWER - The centromere holds the sister
chromatids together
What occurs during interphase? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell growth and duplication of
the chromosomes
What occurs during mitosis? - CORRECT ANSWER - The sister chromatids are pulled to
opposite ends of the cell by microtubules, setting up two identical nuclei
What occurs during cytokinesis? - CORRECT ANSWER - The cell fully divides, forming
2 identical daughter cells.
What is the longest phase of the cell cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Interphase
What occurs during the G1 phase? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell grows and makes extra
cytoplasm
What occurs during the S phase? - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA synthesis resulting in
chromosomes with identical sister chromatids
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is cell division? - CORRECT ANSWER - Process by which a cell divides into two
new daughter cells
Why is cell division necessary? - CORRECT ANSWER - Needed for growth, replacement,
and repair
What cellular components MUST be duplicated before a cell can divide? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Organelles and chromosomes
How do cells divide? - CORRECT ANSWER - They pass through a series of phases
What types of phases are included in the cell cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Preparatory
and division
One cell divides into ___ identical cells - CORRECT ANSWER - Two
What are the three main stages of the cell cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Interphase,
mitosis, and cytokinesis
What three phases make up interphase? - CORRECT ANSWER - G1, S, G2
What phase makes up mitosis? - CORRECT ANSWER -M
What phase makes up cytokinesis? - CORRECT ANSWER - G0
, What is the G0 phase also known as? - CORRECT ANSWER - The resting phase
True or False: Some cells stay in the G0 phase forever - CORRECT ANSWER - True
What are chromosomes? - CORRECT ANSWER - Very long molecules of DNA tightly
packed with proteins
What are sister chromatids? - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 Identical copies of DNA held
together by a centromere
What is a centromere? - CORRECT ANSWER - The centromere holds the sister
chromatids together
What occurs during interphase? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell growth and duplication of
the chromosomes
What occurs during mitosis? - CORRECT ANSWER - The sister chromatids are pulled to
opposite ends of the cell by microtubules, setting up two identical nuclei
What occurs during cytokinesis? - CORRECT ANSWER - The cell fully divides, forming
2 identical daughter cells.
What is the longest phase of the cell cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Interphase
What occurs during the G1 phase? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell grows and makes extra
cytoplasm
What occurs during the S phase? - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA synthesis resulting in
chromosomes with identical sister chromatids
