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THE CELL CYCLE WORKSHEET

A. Matching Type: Match the term to the description by writing the letter on the space provided for.
A. Prophase B. Interphase D. Telophase C. Metaphase E. Anapahse F. Cytokinesis
____1. The sister chromatids are moving apart.
____2. The nucleolus begins to fade from view.
____3. A new nuclear membrane is forming around the chromosomes.
____4. The cytoplasm of the cell is being divided.
____5. The chromosomes become Invisible.
____6. The chromosomes are located at the equator of the cell.
____7. The nuclear membrane begins to fade from view.
____8. The division (cleavage) furrow appears
____9. The chromosomes are moving towards the poles of the cell.
____10. The spindle fibers begin to form.
____11. The spindle fibers are fully developed.
____12. Nucleus begins to form at opposite poles.
____14. The division of a cells cytoplasm.
____15. Chromosomes are replicated.
____16. The reverse of prophase.
____17. Period of growth and development that precedes mitosis and follows cytokinesis.

B. Fill in the blank: Write the letter of the ferm that is described in each item. Some will be used
more than once.
A. Prophase D. Metaphase G. Chromatid J. Spindle fiber (x2)
B. Interphase (x2) E. Anaphase H. Cytokinesis (x2) K. Cell plate
C. Telophase F. Centromere I. Mitosis

_____________18. Nuclear envelope and nucleoli reappear and nucleus forms.

_____________19. During what phase of mitosis do centromeres split and the chromosomes
move toward their respective poles?
_____________20. What is the phase where chromatin condenses to form chromosomes?
_____________ 21. What is the name of the structure that connects the two chromatids?
_____________ 22. In a chromosome pair connected by a centromere, what is each individual
chromosome called?
_____________ 23. What are the two parts of cell division?
_____________ 24. What structure forms in prophase that helps the chromosomes
_____________ 25. Which phase of mitosis is the last phase that chromatids are together?
_____________ 26. Which phase of the cell cycle is characterized by a non-dividing cell?
_____________ 27. What structure is produced when protein fibers radiate from centrioles?
_____________ 28. What forms across the center of a plant cell near the end of telophase?
_____________ 29. The period of cell growth and development between mitotic
divisions?
_____________30. When the two daughter cells split

The diagram below shows cells in various phases of the cell cycle. Note the cells are not
arranged in the order in which the cell cycle occurs. Use the diagram to answer questions
1-7.

____________1. Cells A & F show an early and a late stage of the same phase of the cell cycle.
What is this phase called?
____________2. Which cell is in metaphase?
____________3. Which cell is in the first phase of M phase (mitosis)?
____________4. In cell A, what structure is labeled X?
____________5. List the diagrams in order from first to last in the cell cycle.
____________6. Are the cells depicted plant or animal cells?

a. Explain your answer.

b. If it were the other type of cell what would be different in the diagram.

7. What is the longest phase of the cell cycle?

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8. Why is mitosis important?
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9. Predict what would happen if an individual had faulty spindle fibers.
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10. Predict what would happen if cytokinesis was skipped.
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