Mitosis Webquest

Name ______

Mitosis Tutorial

http://www.cellsalive.com/
On the left side of the screen is a navigation bar, click on the link to “Activities” then 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 chromatids are visible at prophase? ______
-- How many chromatids are in each daughter cell at the end of mitosis? ______


3. The little green T shaped things on the cell are ______.
Describe what happens to them during mitosis? ______

4. Label each of the following phases.

______

Mitosis Animation - go to www.johnkyrk.com à click on mitosis

5. Use the website to fill in the following table:

Phase / Write what happens during this phase / Draw what happens during this phase
Interphase
Prophase
Prometaphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase

Onion Root Tip - Online Activity

à Go to www.biology.arizona.edu - click on the link to the “onion root tips”
6. Read the introduction, then click the “next” button.
You will have 36 cells to classify. When you’re finished, record your data in the chart below.

Interphase / Prophase / Metaphase / Anaphase / Telophase / Total
Number of cells / 36
Percent of cells / 100 %

Did you forget a calculator? – There’s one on your computer.

7. In which phase does a cell spend most of its time?