Final Review: Unit 7 Flashcards
surface area
area covered by plasma membrane
volume
space taken by inner contents of the cell
sa to volume ratio
surface area divided by volume
high or low volume for faster diffusion
low
what affects a cell’s ability to communicate
size
communication usually requires
movement of substances
why cant large cells communicate as well
large distances are hard to cover
once a cell reaches growth limit it
stops growing, divide, or die
what maintains the size of a cell
pause in the cycle
what causes cell division
completion of cycle
what kind of cells use cell cycle
eukaryotic
three stages of cell cycle
interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis
interphase
stage of cell growth
mitosis
stage of nuclear division
cytokinesis
stage of cytoplasm division
g1 phase
cell grows, carries out normal functions, prepares for dna replication
s phase
cell copies its dna to prepare for cell division, chromosomes begin to form
g2 phase
cell prepares to divide nucleus, proteins to make microtubules form, checks to see if it’s prepared for mitosis
what is the final product of mitosis/cytokinesis
one parent cell divides into two daughter cells that are identical
four steps of mitosis
prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
nucleosome
dna coiled around histone proteins
what is chromatin made of
nucleosomes
what form of dna is readable
chromatin
what form is dna in during interphase
chromatin