Meiosis UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Phases of Mitosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase,
Cytokinesis, Interphase
Interphase - CORRECT ANSWER - - Cell grows and carries out normal cell processes
- DNA replicates
Prophase - CORRECT ANSWER - - Nuclear membrane disintegrates
- Nucleolus disappears
- Chromosomes condense
- Spindle apparatus begins to form between the poles
Metaphase - CORRECT ANSWER - Chromosomes attach to spindle apparatus and align
along equator of the cell
Anaphase - CORRECT ANSWER - Microtubules shorten, moving chromosomes to
opposite poles
Telophase - CORRECT ANSWER - - Chromosomes reach poles of cell
- Nuclear envelope re-forms
- Nucleolus reappears
- Chromosomes decondense
Cytokinesis - CORRECT ANSWER - Plant Cell : Cell plate forms, dividing daughter cells
Animal Cell : Cleavage furrow forms at equator of cell and pinches inward until cell divides in
two