1.6 Practice PDF
1.6 Practice PDF
1.6 Practice PDF
Which mitotic phase is labelled X in the micrograph of an onion (Allium cepa) root tip?
1. [1 mark]
A. Prophase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase
Determine, with a reason, whether the image is of a prokaryotic cell or eukaryotic cell.
2b. (i) State the process that divides one nucleus into two genetically identical nuclei. [5 marks]
(ii) Explain how the cell cycle is controlled.
During which stage does the cell surface area to volume ratio decrease?
4. [1 mark]
A. Interphase
B. Metaphase
C. Telophase
D. Cytokinesis
During which stage does the cell surface area to volume ratio decrease?
5. [1 mark]
A. Interphase
B. Metaphase
C. Telophase
D. Cytokinesis
B. Mitosis
C. Cytokinesis
D. Meiosis
The micrograph shows a cell from the root of an onion ( Allium cepa) during mitosis.
The onion (Allium cepa) is an angiospermophyte. The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is an arthropod. State three structural differences
9c. [2 marks]
between the cells of an onion and a honey bee.
10. The following events occur in mitosis. [1 mark]
X: Attachment of spindle microtubules to centromeres
Y: Movement of sister chromatids to opposite poles
Z: Supercoiling of chromosomes
A. X → Z → Y
B. X → Y → Z
C. Z → X → Y
D. Z → Y → X
What is the principal mode of division for the prokaryote Escherichia coli ?
11. [1 mark]
A. Endocytosis
B. Binary fission
C. Cytokinesis
D. Meiosis
The following sequence of pictures, made using an electronic imaging technique, shows a cell undergoing division.