Name ____________________________
Mitosis
-- Internet Lesson
| In this internet lesson, you will review the steps of mitosis and meiosis and view video simulations of cell division. You will also view an onion root tip and calculate the percentage of cells at each of the stages of cell division. |
http://www.cellsalive.com/
On the left side of the screen is a navigation bar, click on the link to MITOSIS
Read the text on this page and view the animation, you can slow down the video
by clicking step by step through the phases.
1. Which stage does the following occur
| Chromatin condenses into chromosomes | _____________________________________________ |
| Chromosomes align in center of cell. | _____________________________________________ |
| Longest part of the cell cycle. | _____________________________________________ |
| Nuclear envelope breaks down. | _____________________________________________ |
| Cell is cleaved into two new daughter cells. | _____________________________________________ |
| Daughter chromosomes arrive at the poles. | _____________________________________________ |
Watch the
video carefully.
2. The colored chromosomes represent chromatids. There are two of each color
because one is an exact duplicate of the other.
--How many chromosomes are visible at the beginning of mitosis? ________________
-- How many are in each daughter cell at the end of mitosis? __________________
--The little green T shaped things on the cell are: ____________________________
-- What happens to the centrioles during mitosis?
_____________________________
3. Identify the stages
of these cells:
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www.sci.sdsu.edu/multimedia/mitosis/ *this takes a while to load, be patient.
1. What is a eukaryote? __________________________________
2. What is a non-reproductive cell? _____________________________________________
Click on What is Mitosis after the page has loaded to view the animation and complete the following table.
| Phase | What happens during this phase? |
| Interphase | |
| Prophase | |
| Prometaphase | |
| Metaphase | |
| Anaphase | |
| Telophase |
Go to www.johnkyrk.com/mitosis.html
View the animation and sketch the cell in:
|
Prophase
|
Metaphase
|
Telophase
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http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html
Read the introduction, then click the next button.
You will have 36 cells to classify. When youre finished, record your data
in the chart below.
| Interphase | Prophase | Metaphase | Anaphase | Telophase | Total | |
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Number of cells
|
36 | |||||
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Percent of cells (calculate: number of cells divided by total cells x 100 ) |
100 % |
Did you forget a calculator -- no problem. Go to www.calculator.com and
click on the fractions calculator. A window with a virtual calculator
will open and you can do the math from there.