QUIZ

1. You are viewing in the microscope a cell that has

a very narrow middle almost separating into two
and appear to be like number 8. This cell is most
likely ________.
a. Undergoing cytokinesis
b.About to undergo mitosis
c. In the S phase of interphase
d.In the G1 phase of interphase
2. The phase of mitosis associated with mitotic
spindle formation happens in _______.
a.Anaphase
b.Interphase
c.Metaphase
d.Prophase
 3. The process that uniquely occurs in plant
cell division is _______.
a.Division of cytokinesis
b.Formation of a cell plate
c.Formation of a cleavage furrow
d.Production of four new cell via crossing over
4. All of the following differentiates a benign
tumor from a malignant tumor except that it
______.
a.Does not metastasize
b.Destroys neighboring organs
c.Spreads from the original site
d.Interferes with normal body function
 5.The drug that functions as a cancer
chemotherapy agent is a drug that _______.
a.Blocks crossing over
b.Counteracts chromatid separation
c.Inhibits cellular respiration
d.Prevents mitotic spindle fiber formation
6. Mitosis allows organisms to do the following
except to ______.
a.Grow
b.Repair tissues
c.Reproduce asexually
d.Generate genetic diversity
7. The phase of mitosis in which chromosomes
line up on a plane central from the two spindle
fiber poles is _________.
a.Anaphase
b.Metaphase
c.Prophase
d.Telophase
8. The process that divides the cytoplasm of a
eukaryotic cell into two cells is called ______.
a.Binary fission
b.Cell replacement
c.Cytokinesis
d.Mitosis
9. The phase in which most eukaryotic cells
spend most of their cell cycle is ______.
a.Anphase
b.Interphase
c.Metaphase
d.Telophase
10. All of the following statements regarding cell
division are correct except that cell division is
_______.
a. Required for development to occur
b.Able to reproduce an entire organism
c. Common in eukaryotes but rare in prokaryotes
d.The basis for both sexual and asexual
reproduction
 Essay
11. There are anticancer drugs that are used to
prevent the formation of spindle fibers. Why do
you think this is effective in treating cancer?

12. What might happen if certain phases of the

cell cycle do not function well?
 QUIZ #2
1. Which of the following statements regarding mitosis and
meiosis is false?
a. A normal human zygote consists of 46 chromosomes.
b. Meiosis only occurs in the reproductive organs such as
ovaries and testes.
c. All sexual life cycles are composed of alternation of
diploid and haploid stages.
d. Mitosis produces daughter cells with half the number of
chromosomes as the parent cell.
2. The phase of meiosis in which synapsis and crossing-
over happen is ____.
a. Interphase I
b. Metaphase I
c. Prophase I
d. Prophase II
3. All of the following statements are correct for mitosis
and meiosis except _____.
a. Meiosis is associated with asexual reproduction.
b. Mitosis facilitates growth and tissue repair.
c. All the events distinctive to meiosis occur during
meiosis I.
d. In mitosis, chromosomes line up in the equatorial plate
in metaphase.
4. Independent assortment of chromosomes at metaphase I
results in increase in the variability of ______.
a. Sex chromosomes
b. Sister chromatid
c. Homologous chromosomes
d. Recombination of genetic traits
5. If crossing over will not happen, ______.
a) Cells cannot complete meiosis
b) Genetic recombination may be affected
c) Meiosis cannot produce haploid sex cells
d) Chromosomes will undergo nondisjunction
6. Karyotyping is a technique that can _____.
a) Examine points of crossing over
b) Reveal the presence of cancerous genes
c) Show chromosomes as they line up in metaphase I
d) Plot abnormal changes in the chromosome number
7. Nondisjunction happens when _____.
a) Two chromosomes combine into one
b) A portion of a chromosome breaks off
c) Members of a chromosomes pair fail to detach
d) An entire pair of chromosomes fail to crossover
8. The phase that precedes both mitosis and meiosis is
called _______.

a) Anaphase
b) Interphase
c) Prophase
d) Telophase
9. The following statements are correct except _____.
a) An X chromosome is an autosome
b) Gametes contain 23 chromosomes
c) Two haploid cells fuse during fertilization
d) A zygote is the combination of an egg and a sperm
10. Chromosomes that carry genes controlling the same
inherited characteristics are called ______.
a) Complementary chromosomes
b) Homologous chromosomes
c) Parallel chromosomes
d) Sister chromatids
11. What is the relationship between a DNA
molecule and a chromosome?

12. In what condition does asexual reproduction of

genetically identical plants become useful to man?
How can it be proven harmful to food supply?
 PROJECT IN BIOLOGY

Performance Standard:
- construct a 3D model of a plant/animal/ bacterial
cell using recyclable materials
- construct a cell membrane model from indigenous
or recyclable materials
Directions:
Work as a group and build a 3D model of animal cell or a plant cell
using recyclable materials. The 3D model must possess the different parts of a
cell and the model must be used as an instructional material for the lower
grades of High School Department of the school.

Criteria: Design 25%

Recyclable materials 25%
Relevance and Correctness 40%
Neatness and presentation 10%