Cell Division

A Homemade PowerPoint GameBy

Jessie MartinUniversity of Georgia

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Game DirectionsThe goal of the game is to be the first group to have all phases of meiosis in the correct order.To play the game you have to first attempt to answer a question in order to advance. Once your group has answered a question correctly you are able to draw a card. The cards are labeled:

o Interphaseo Prophase 1o Prophase 2o Metaphase1o Metaphase 2o Anaphase1o Anaphase 2o Telophase 1 and Cytokinesiso Telophase 2 and Cytokinesis

These are the phases of meiosis. To win the game you must collect each of these cards and put them in order.There are some other rules:After answering a question correctly you have an option of either drawing a card, skipping another team, or taking another team’s card. Skipping or taking a card away from a team will help you if that team is close to having all of the phases or if you are close to having all of them as well. There are also some wild cards in the stack that tell you exactly what to do. For example:Draw again and take another team’s card.

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The Story of “Cell Division”

Billy was told by his teacher that there is going to be a quiz on meiosis. He is going to have to name and sketch each phase of meiosis in the correct order . Billy really wants to make a 100 on his quiz. Try to help him as much as you can by

gathering each phase of meiosis and placing them in the correct order. Billy is counting on you to be

a great study partner so help him out!

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Game Preparation• You will need a stack of cards including the

following:• 4 interphase• 4 prophase 1• 4 prophase 2• 4 metaphase 1• 4 metaphase 2• 4 anaphase 1• 4 anaphase 2• 4 telophase 1 and cytokinesis• 4 telophase 2 and cytokinesis• 6 WILD cards

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Time to play “Cell Division”!

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• Click on a question to start the game. Good luck!

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What is the division of the cytoplasm called?

• Kereokinesis• Cleavage furrow• Cytokinesis• Telophase

What phase precedes metaphase?

• Prometaphase• Anaphase• Telophase• Prophase

What are the three parts of interphase?

• G1, M, G2• G1, S, G2• G0, F, S• G0, G2, R

What phase of meiosis do sister chromatids

separate?• Anaphase 1• Metaphase 1• Prophase2• Anaphase 2

What is the haploid number (n) of

chromosomes in a human cell?

• 46• 44• 22• 23

What do the microtubules attach to when pulling the chromosomes to opposite

poles?• Kinetochore• Cleavage Furrow• Centrioles• Asters

What is the narrow “waist” of a the chromosome

called?• Centrosome• Chromatin• Centromere• Genome

During metaphase, where do the chromosomes

align?• Metaphase plate• Metaphase line• Kinetechore• Spindle

What is the site of crossing over called?

• Synapsis• Tetrad• Cytokinesis• Chiasmata

A human cell containing 22 autosomes and a Y

chromosome is• A somatic cell of a male• A somatic cell of a female• A sperm cell• An ovum

What phase do homologous chromosomes

separate?• Prophase 2• Anaphase 1• Metaphase 1• Anaphase

What attaches to the chromosomes and pulls

them apart in anaphase?

• Microtubules• Microfilaments• Centrioles• Chromatids

What is the first phase that the sister chromatids

become visible?

• Metaphase• Anaphase• Telophase• Prophase

Educational Objectives• Audience

– Biology ~ grades 9-12

• Subject Area Objectives

• Biology (Cell Division)

– Students will be able to describe the process of cell division.

– Students will learn terms associated with mitosis and meiosis.

– Learn to identify the phases of meiosis.

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CreditsAll teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game

at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.

• Originally designed by Jessie Martin, University of Georgia, June 25, 2003 “Cell Division”.

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Copyright• Copyright 2003 Jessie Martin

• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.

• Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.

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What stage of the cell cycle is DNA replicating?

• G1• G2 • S • G0

You’re a great study buddy!

Click on Billy to go back to questions

WRONG!

Click on Billy to go back to questions

What did Mendel use to study genes?

• Rabbits• Pea plants• Humans• Flowers

What stage of the cell cycle are cells at rest?

• G1• G2• S• G0

What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic amino• Deoxyribonucleic acid• Deoxyribonucleic adenine• Deoxyribonuclease

What are the four nucleotides that make up

DNA?• Adenine, guanine, cytosine,

thymine• Adenine, guanine, thymine, ribose• Guanine, cytosine, adenine, uracil• Thymine, guanine, cytosine,

sucrose

What type of bonds hold together nucleotide

strands in DNA?• Ionic bonds• Covalent bonds• Hydrogen bonds• James Bonds

Who is the father of genetics?

• Francis Crick• Gregor Mendel• James Watson• Dirk Crinklestein