1). karen is looking at a slide of an onion root tip under a microscope. she noticed that not all the cells look the same. which of these best describes why all the cells are not identical?

a). the root is continuing to grow so the cells are going through mitosis

b). some of the cells are cells and others are cells in the stem

c). there is a problem with the slide and it must be contaminated

d). the cells are turning into the actual

2). what is the difference between cells b and e?

a). b contains fever chromosomes than e

b). b is in anaphase and e is in metaphase

c). b is an animal cell and e is a plant cell

d). b it's two separate cells and e is a single cell

1. C

Cell from the tips of onion roots are commonly used when studying mitosis because the cells of an onion roots are constantly dividing so the root can continue to grow deeper into the soil. Not all of the cells will be at exactly the same stage of mitosis, and some may not be undergoing mitosis at all. This explains why Karen is noticing that the cells do not all look the same.

2. B

The cells are in different stages of mitosis. Remember, mitosis has 4 major phases: Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase.

***see attached pic***

Cell B is in Anaphase. The homologous chromosomes are moving away from each other, towards opposite ends of the cell. I remember this stage because Anaphase and Away both start with “A”.

Cells E are in metaphase. The homologous chromosomes are lining up in the middle of the cell. I remember this stage because Metaphase and Middle both start with “M”.