Question

identify the stage of the cell cycle below.
telophase
cytokinesis
synthesis
interphase
which phase does the double - stranded chromosome separate?
metaphase
interphase
anaphase
cytokinesis

Explanation:

• For the first question: Cytokinesis is the physical process of cell division, where the cytoplasm of a parental cell is divided into two daughter cells. In the image, the cell is splitting into two separate cells, which is characteristic of cytokinesis. Telophase is part of mitosis where the chromosomes de - condense and nuclear envelopes reform, but the cell has not yet fully split. Synthesis (S phase) is part of interphase where DNA is replicated. Interphase is the phase where the cell is preparing for division (not actively dividing).
• For the second question: In anaphase of mitosis, the sister chromatids (double - stranded chromosomes) are pulled apart to opposite poles of the cell. In metaphase, chromosomes line up at the metaphase plate. Interphase is the non - dividing phase. Cytokinesis is about cell splitting, not chromosome separation.

Answer:

1. cytokinesis
2. anaphase