Subject: Biology Teacher Name: Charbel A.

Maroun
Component: MCQ – Data response Number of pages: 10
Level: DP - 1 Date: 15 – 12 - 2022

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Explain the evidence of

endosymbiotic theory

Describe Pasteur’s
experiment

Identify the different stages

of mitosisand interphase

Compare cytokinesis in
animals and plants

Calculate the index of

mitosis

Differentiate between the

three gap phases

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1. Spontaneous generation was a popular concept a few hundred years ago. What was it about
Pasteur's famous experiment which provided evidence that all life came from pre-existing
cells?

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Answer the following questions:

1. Compare the process of cytokinesis in animal cells and plant cells. [4 ]
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2. Differentiate between the three gap phases and explain what happens in each one [6]
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3. Identify the stages of mitosis and calculate the mitotic index [8]

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