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2007 

ROLE OF STRUCTURE A (CHROMOSOMES)

To carry genes

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2008 

GIVE THE NAMES OF 2 PROCESSES INVOLVING DNA WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING INTERPHASE 

Transcription and Replication 

FUNCTION OF MITOSIS IN SINGLE CELLED ORGANISMS 

(Asexual) Reproduction

FUNCTION OF MITOSIS IN MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS

Cell growth and repair 

LOCATION WHERE MITOSIS OCCURS IN FLOWERING PLANTS 

Meristematic Tissue/ root tips/ shoot tips

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2011

SUGGEST A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF CANCER 

Carcinogenic substances such as cigarette smoke, asbestos fibres

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS 

Mitosis - 2 identical daughter cells are produced 

Meiosis - 4 daughter cells

STATE FUNCTION OF SPINDLE FIBRES 

To pull the chromosomes to the poles of the cell

HOW ? Spindle fibres contract causing centromeres to split