Quiz 1B Answers
1) What is a haploid cell?
A haploid cell contains one set of chromosomes. A human haploid cell contains 23 chromosomes.
2) What is a diploid cell?
A diploid cell contains two sets of chromosomes. A human diploid cell contains 46 chromosomes.
3) How many chromosomes does a normal human cell have?
46 (23 pairs)
4) With respect to mitosis, what is a parent cell?
The parent cell is the cell that is dividing/ the original cell.
5) With respect to mitosis, what is a daughter cell?
The cells that are produced during mitosis are known as daughter cells.
6) How many daughter cells are produced?
2
7) Are the daughter cells genetically identical to the parent cells or are they genetically different?
Yes. The two daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent cells.
8) How many divisions are there in mitosis
1 division
9) What is a chromatid?
Chromatids are one half of two identical copies of a replicated chromosome.
10) What are the four stages of mitosis and what happens in each of these stages?
The four stages of mitosis are:
A haploid cell contains one set of chromosomes. A human haploid cell contains 23 chromosomes.
2) What is a diploid cell?
A diploid cell contains two sets of chromosomes. A human diploid cell contains 46 chromosomes.
3) How many chromosomes does a normal human cell have?
46 (23 pairs)
4) With respect to mitosis, what is a parent cell?
The parent cell is the cell that is dividing/ the original cell.
5) With respect to mitosis, what is a daughter cell?
The cells that are produced during mitosis are known as daughter cells.
6) How many daughter cells are produced?
2
7) Are the daughter cells genetically identical to the parent cells or are they genetically different?
Yes. The two daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent cells.
8) How many divisions are there in mitosis
1 division
9) What is a chromatid?
Chromatids are one half of two identical copies of a replicated chromosome.
10) What are the four stages of mitosis and what happens in each of these stages?
The four stages of mitosis are:
- Prophase – copying of the chromosomes and breaking down of the nucleus
- Metaphase – the lining up of the chromatids along the spindle and the release of spindle fibres.
- Anaphase – the spindle fibres shorten, which pulls one of each chromosome to opposite poles of the cell
- Telophase – where the cell membrane and cytoplasm divide to form two identical cells.