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Mitosis has many stages with similar names, and a biology mitosis quiz forces you to name them from memory instead of recognizing them on a page.

Prophase: chromosomes condense and the nuclear envelope breaks down.
Metaphase: chromosomes line up at the cell's equatorial plate.
Anaphase: sister chromatids separate and move toward opposite poles.
Telophase and cytokinesis: nuclei reform and the cytoplasm divides.

Example biology mitosis quiz questions

During which phase do sister chromatids separate and move toward opposite poles?Anaphase. Once the centromeres split, each chromatid becomes its own chromosome and is pulled to the opposite pole.

True or false: cytokinesis is one of the phases of mitosis.False. Mitosis divides the nucleus, while cytokinesis divides the cytoplasm and usually begins as telophase ends.

Which phase has chromosomes aligned along the cell's equatorial plate?Metaphase. Spindle fibers attach to the kinetochore of each chromatid, so the chromosomes line up before they separate.

What happens to the nuclear envelope during prophase?It breaks down. This releases the chromosomes into the cytoplasm so spindle fibers can attach to them.

How many daughter cells does one round of mitosis produce?Two. Each is genetically identical to the parent cell and has the same chromosome number.

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What order do the stages of mitosis happen in?

The stages run prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase, and cytokinesis then divides the cytoplasm. Some textbooks skip prometaphase, so check which version your course uses.

How do I tell metaphase from anaphase on a quiz?

In metaphase, chromosomes sit in a line across the middle of the cell. In anaphase, sister chromatids have split and are pulling toward opposite ends.

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