B.5(A) Readiness

ACTIVITY 1: MITOSIS

  1. Take out a piece of paper

  2. Write the mnemonic device to remember the phases of Mitosis.

  3. Draw 6 circles. Complete and label each stage of mitosis.

  4. Give a short description of what the cell is going through in each stage.

  5. Select the choices in the parenthesis to complete this sentence: The end goal of Mitosis is to end up with (1,2,3,4) daughter cells that are (identical/different).

Activity 2: Cell Cycle

  1. Copy down the cell cycle chart on your paper.

  2. Write what happens during each phase (G1,S,G2, & M) of the cell cycle.

  3. Why is the cell cycle important to living organisms?

Check Your Understanding

  1. For what processes do multi-cellular organisms use mitosis?

  2. In what part of the cell cycle do cells spend most of their time?

  3. What will happen if checkpoints are ignored by the cell?

  4. What happens during the S phase of the cell cycle?

Practice answering the following STAAR questions

Answers: F, B, F, C, D, H, B, B, G, J