AP Biology Name _________________________
Chapter 12 Guided Reading Assignment
1. Compare and contrast the role of cell division in unicellular and multicellular organisms.

2. List the activities of the cell cycle:
a. Mitotic phase


b. Interphase


c. G1 phase


d. G2 phase


e. S phase

 

3. Label below:

4. Define binary fission and label the diagram below:

5. Label the diagram below:



6. Contrast cytokinesis in plant and animal cells.


7. Discuss the hypothetical evolution of mitosis.


8. What is the cell cycle control system and how do checkpoints play into this?

 

9. What is a cyclin and Cdk’s and what do they activate?

 

10. What does MPF stand for and what does it promote?

 

11. Label the diagram below illustrating the molecular control of the cell cycle?


12. What is a growth factor?

 

13. What is density-dependent inhibition?

 

14. What is anchorage dependence?