Question

what answer best describes the stage in the picture?
cell dissolves its nuclear membrane in prophase.
cell divides its cytoplasm in the phase cytokinesis.
cell divides its chromosomes in cytokinesis.
cell divides its nucleus in metaphase.

Explanation:

• In prophase, the nuclear membrane starts to break down, but the image shows two separate cells, not a cell in prophase.
• In metaphase, chromosomes align at the cell's equator, and the nucleus is still intact in a single - cell stage before division. This is not what the image depicts.
• Cytokinesis is the process where the cytoplasm of a parental cell is divided into two daughter cells. The image shows two distinct cells, which is consistent with cytokinesis. Chromosomes are divided during mitosis (prophase - anaphase), not during cytokinesis.

Answer:

Cell divides its cytoplasm in the phase Cytokinesis.