Cell Cycle and Cell Division Questions and Answers ICSE Class 10

Question 1 : Given below is the group of five terms arrange and rewrite the terms in the correct order, so as to be in a logical sequence.

Metahphase, telophase, prophase, anaphase, cytokinesis.

Question 2 : Briefly explain the term cytokinesis in plant cells.

Question 3 : Given below are the sets of five terms, rewrite the terms in a logical sequence as directed at the end of the statement.

Karyokinesis, S-phase, cytokinesis, G1 – phase, G2 – phase (cell cycle).

Question 4 : Name the type of cell division which occurs in the cells of reproductive organs.

Question 5 : State whether the following statement is true or false. If false, rewrite the correct form of the statement by changing the first and last word only.

Mitosis is the type of cell divisions occurring in the cells of injured parts of the body.

Question 6 : State whether the following statement is true or false. If false, write the correct form of the statement by changing the first or last word only.

The resting stage of mitosis is called interphase.

Question 7 : Give the specific function of the centrosome found in the body of animals.

Question 8 : Name a membrane that disappears during late prophase.

Question 9 : Give one point of difference between the following on the basis of what is given in the bracket?

Karyokinesis and cytokinesis (explain the term).

Question 10 : Name the organelle which initiates the cell division in animal cell.

Question 11 : State whether the following statement is true or false. Correct and rewrite the false statement by changing either the first or the last word.

Cytokinesis is a division of cytoplasm.

Question 12 : Arrange the set of terms in the logical sense.

Interphase, anaphase, prophase, telophase, metaphase.