Topical Assessment

SECTION A: Objective Questions

1          What is the advantage of reproducing plants through cloning as compared with reproduction through seedlings?

A  New plant varieties can be produced

B  More similar plants can be produced

C  New plants have a better quality than the parent plants

       D  New plants have a high resistance towards diseases

2          Which of the following plant structures contain haploid nucleus?

A  Epidermis cell

B  Pollen grains

C  Root end cell

D  Xylem

3          Which of the following does not carry out mitosis?

A  Gamete

B  Skin

C  Meristem

D  Cambium

4          Which of the following statements about the chromosome most accurately explains the production of similar daughter cells in mitosis?

A  The chromatid pairs stick at the centromere

B  The chromosomes shorten and thicken at the prophase stage

C  A chromatid from each chromosome moves to the opposite poles

D  The chromosomes are arranged at the equatorial plane on a cell that is dividing

SECTION B:

1.      List eight stages of the cell cycle in the correct sequence.
2.      List five stages of cell division in the correct sequence.


ANSWERS:

SECTION A:

1.B
2.B
3.A
4.C

SECTION B:

1. Growth1 - [DNA] Synthesis - Growth2 - Prophase - Metaphase - Anaphase - Telophase - Cytokinesis
2. Prophase - Metaphase - Anaphase - Telophase - Cytokinesis