Chapter 6 Vocab.

Question 1

Consists of DNA and protein molecules coiled into a definite shape.

Answer 1

Chromosome

Question 2

The process in which DNA is copied

Answer 2

DNA replication

Question 3

Division of the nucleus which occurs only in eukaryotic cells.

Answer 3

Mitosis

Question 4

Chromosomes form, and the nuclear membrane breaks down.

Answer 4

Prophase

Question 5

Spindle fibers attach to the centromeres of the sister chromatids.

Answer 5

Metaphase

Question 6

Spindle fibers shorten, pulling the sister chromatid toward the opposite poles of the cell.

Answer 6

Anaphase

Question 7

The chromosomes uncoil and the spindle fibers break down.

Answer 7

Telophase

Question 8

All of the stages a cell goes through.

Answer 8

Cell cycle

Question 9

Is longer then mitosis phase and is divided into 3 phases.

Answer 9

Interphase

Question 10

It is the 3rd step in division of a cell and it is a prokaryotic cell.

Answer 10

Cytokinesis

Question 11

Occurs when a parent cell simply splits into two daughter cells.

Answer 11

Binary fission

Question 12

The nuclei acid that stores genetic information.

Answer 12

DNA

Question 13

The division of a cell into two daughters cells with the same genetic material.

Answer 13

Cell division

Question 14

A type of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single organism.

Answer 14

Asexual reproduction

Question 15

Continuing two complete sets of chromosomes.

Answer 15

Diploid

Question 16

The roundish reproduction body produce by the female of certain animals.

Answer 16

Egg

Question 17

The process by which two gametes fuse to become a zygote.

Answer 17

Fertilization

Question 18

A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex.

Answer 18

Gamete

Question 19

Having a single set of unpuined chromosomes.

Answer 19

Haploid

Question 20

Chromosomes pains one from each parents.

Answer 20

Homologous chromosomes

Question 21

A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes.

Answer 21

Meiosis

Question 22

The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals.

Answer 22

Sexual reproduction

Question 23

The male gamete or reproductive cell involved in sexual reproduction.

Answer 23

Sperm

Question 24

A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes

Answer 24

Zygote

Question 25

A sequence of three nucleotide that together form a unit of genetic code.

Answer 25

Codon

Question 26

The nucleotide of DNA and RNA molecules that carry genetic information in living cells

Answer 26

Genetic code

Question 27

Radiation or a chemical substance.

Answer 27

Mutagen

Question 28

The chunging of the structure of a gene

Answer 28

Mutation

Question 29

The process by which individual amino acids are connected to each other in a specific order dictatea by the nucleotide sequence in DNA.

Answer 29

Protein synthesis

Question 30

A nucleic acid present in all living cells

Answer 30

RNA

Question 31

The action or process of the transcribing something.

Answer 31

Transcription

Question 32

The process of making an RNA copy of even sequence.

Answer 32

Translation