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1
In comparing cell division in plant and animal cells
A)the cleavage furrow is found in the plant cell and the cell plate is found in the animal cell.
B)the cleavage furrow is found in the animal cell and the cell plate is found in the plant cell.
C)both the cleavage furrow and the cell plate are found in both the plant cell and the animal cell.
D)the cleavage furrow and the cell plate are both found in conjunction with both the plant and the animal cell, but they are external to the cell and not in the cell itself.
2
What would happen if microtubules were prevented from forming during mitosis?
A)the cell plate would not form
B)DNA replication would not occur
C)centromeres would not split
D)anaphase cannot occur
3
A gamete can have too many or too few chromosomes when ___________ occurs.
A)nondisjunction
B)crossing over
C)synapsis
D)independent assortment
4
Gametogenesis produces
A)sex cells.
B)gonads.
C)zygotes.
D)testes.
5
Which of the following represents what happens to the chromosome number before and after the process of meiosis?
A)n --> n
B)n --> 2n
C)2n --> n
D)2n --> 2n
6
Binary fission is a form of asexual reproduction that occurs in _________.
A)all eukaryotic organisms
B)plants
C)prokaryotes
D)conjunction with meiosis
7
Which is NOT a form of cell division?
A)binary fission
B)epigenetics
C)mitosis
D)meiosis
8
The generation of genetic variety as a result of the breaking and reattaching of segments of homologous chromosomes is known as _______________.
A)independent assortment
B)crossing-over
C)mutation
D)segregation
9
Most cells spend the greater part of their life in the ____________ stage.
A)interphase
B)prophase
C)metaphase
D)anaphase
10
These genes code for proteins that provide signals to the cell and encourage cell division:
A)Proto-oncogenes.
B)Tumor-suppressor genes.
C)Structural genes.
D)Histone genes.
11
In this process a cell digests itself from the inside out:
A)Oncogenesis.
B)Mutagenesis.
C)Meiosis.
D)Apoptosis.





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