LIVE WORK SHEET: Mitosis and Cell Division worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to solve this worksheet about mitosis and the cell cycle.

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First, look at the top part:
“Mitosis is used for:” with 4 blue boxes.
From biology basics, we know mitosis helps in:
- Growth (making more cells so you get bigger)
- Repair (fixing damaged tissues like cuts or broken bones)
- Replacement (replacing old or dead cells, like skin or blood cells)
- Asexual reproduction (in some organisms like bacteria or plants — though not humans)

So those are the 4 answers for the top boxes.

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Now, the questions on the right side:

1. Most of a cell’s life is spent in a period of growth called:
Looking at the pie chart labeled “The Cell Cycle”, the big gray area is called Interphase. That’s where the cell grows and copies its DNA. So answer = Interphase

2. DNA replicates during:
Again, from the diagram — under Interphase, it says “DNA Replication”. So DNA复制 happens during Interphase

3. The nucleus divides into two identical nuclei during:
That’s the definition of Mitosis. Mitosis is when the nucleus splits into two same nuclei.

4. The stage of the cell cycle that immediately follows mitosis is called:
After mitosis comes Cytokinesis — that’s when the whole cell splits into two daughter cells. You can see it labeled in the pie chart too.

5. Mitosis begins with ___ parent cell(s) and ends with ___ daughter cell(s).
From the small diagram below “Cell Division”: one parent cell → after DNA replication → then splits into 2 daughter cells. So:
Begins with 1 parent cell, ends with 2 daughter cells.

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Now, the bottom part: four pictures showing stages of mitosis, each with a blue box underneath.

We need to label them in order. Remember PMAT: Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase.

Look at the images left to right:

→ First image: Chromosomes are scattered inside the nucleus, spindle fibers starting to form → that’s Prophase

→ Second image: Chromosomes lined up in the middle → that’s Metaphase

→ Third image: Chromosomes pulled apart to opposite sides → that’s Anaphase

→ Fourth image: Two new nuclei forming, cell pinching in half → that’s Telophase (and cytokinesis happening)

So labels from left to right: Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

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Final Answer:

Top row (Mitosis is used for):
Growth, Repair, Replacement, Asexual Reproduction

Questions:
1. Interphase
2. Interphase
3. Mitosis
4. Cytokinesis
5. 1, 2

Bottom row (stages of mitosis, left to right):
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase