Mitosis stage by stage — practice questions
3 questions in the bank on this idea. Below are 3 of them, exactly as they appear in a test.
During which stage of mitosis do chromosomes align at the cell's equatorial plane?
- A. Prophase
- B. Metaphase
- C. Anaphase
- D. Telophase
A dividing cell shows sister chromatids separating at their centromeres and moving toward opposite poles. Which stage is being observed?
- A. Prophase
- B. Metaphase
- C. Anaphase
- D. Telophase
Cell X has chromosomes aligned at the equator, while cell Y has two groups of chromosomes at opposite poles and new nuclear envelopes beginning to form. Which stages are X and Y in?
- A. Metaphase and telophase
- B. Prophase and anaphase
- C. Anaphase and metaphase
- D. Telophase and prophase
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