Statistics for A Level Biology - Cell Division, Cell Diversity and Cell Differentiation

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Defintion	Term	% Correct
The third stage of mitosis	Anaphase	94%
Type of nuclear division that results in the formation of cells containing half the number of chromosomes than the parent cell	Meiosis	94%
The second stage of mitosis	Metaphase	94%
The fourth stage of mitosis	Telophase	92%
Type of nuclear division that results in the formation of cells containing the same genetic information as the parent cell	Mitosis	89%
The first stage of mitosis	Prophase	89%
Having only one set of chromosomes	Haploid	82%
Group of cells that work together to perform a specific function	Tissue	79%
Tissue that carries water and mineral ions from the roots to all parts of the plants	Xylem	71%
Division of the cytoplasm of the cell following mitosis	Cytokinesis	70%
Process by which stem cells become specialised into different types of cells	Differentiation	67%
Tissue that carries products of photosynthesis in solution within plants	Phloem	64%
Unspecialised cells able to express all of their genes and divide by mitosis	Stem cells	62%
In leaf epidermis, cells that surround stomata	Guard cells	56%
Red blood cell technical name	Erythrocyte	54%
Area of unspecialised cells within a plant that can divide and differentiate into other cell types	Meristem	39%
Type of white blood cell that is phagocytic	Neutrophil	33%
Cells that constitute lining tissue	Epithelial cells	29%
Epidermal cells of young roots with long hair like projections	Root hair cells	29%
Replicates of chromosomes	Chromatids	25%
Matching chromosomes containing the same genes at the same places (loci)	Homologous chromosomes	20%
Closely packed, photosynthetic cells within leaves	Palisade cells	20%