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Cell Division 1 Flashcards

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What is a gamete?

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Sex cells (sperm, ova, pollen)

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What’s a haploid?

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Haploid cells contain only one set of Chromosomes

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What is a diploid?

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Diploid, as the name indicates, contains two sets of chromosomes

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What is a gene?

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A section of a chromosome made from DNA that carries the code to make a protein

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5
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What is an allele?

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Two versions of the same gene

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What is the first step of mitosis?

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Chromosomes make copies it themselves and nucleus disappears

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What is the second stage of mitosis?

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Copied chromosomes line up

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What is the third stage of mitosis

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Original and copied chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell

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What is the fourth stage of mitosis?

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Cell divides

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10
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What are daughter cells?

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The cells produced during mitosis

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What is a chromatid?

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A copy of a chromosome during cell division

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What is cytokinesis?

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The final part of the cell cycle, in which a cell splits into two

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What is interphase?

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Ten active life of a cell during which the cell prepares for mitosis

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What is a stem cell?

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An undifferentiated cell that can develop into one or more types of specialised cell

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What does differentiate mean?

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To specialise for a particular function

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16
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What is a meristem?

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An area of a plant in which rapid cell division occurs, normally in the tips of roots and shoots

17
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What is a hormone?

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A chemical that moves around an organism to change the function of target cells, tissues or organs

18
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What is a clone?

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An organism (produced asexually) that has identical genes to its parents

19
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Genetic variation

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Inherited differences in organisms

20
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What is environmental variation?

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Differences in organisms as a result of the environment in which they live

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