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What distinguishes living things from nonliving matter?

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the ability of organisms to produce more of their own kind

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What is the continuity of life based on?

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the reproduction of cell, or cell division

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What is cell division?

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the reproduction of cells

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What is cell theory?

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cells come from other living cells

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What are examples of prokaryotes?

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bacteria and archaea

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How do prokaryotes reproduce?

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binary fusion (a type of cell divison)

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What happens during binary fission?

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-the chromosome replicates (beginning at the origin of replication) and the two daughter chromosomes actively move apart
-the plasma membrane pinches inward, dividing the cell into two

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What type of cells undergo binary fission?

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Prokaryotes and single-cell eukaryotes

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Which came first; prokaryotes or eukaryotes?

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prokaryotes

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Where did mitosis probably evolve from?

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binary fission

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Binary fission is defined as ______ reproduction

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asexual

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Where does mitosis occur?

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prokaryotes and single-celled eukaryotes

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What does most cell division result in? What is the exception?

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two daughter cells with identical genetic information
exception: meiosis for sperm and egg cells

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What is a cells genome?

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All the DNA in a cell

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What do eukaryotic chromosomes consist of?

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chromatin

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What makes up chromosomes?

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DNA and protein that condense during cell divisions

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Where is chromatin found?

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eukaryotic chromosomes

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How many chromosomes does a somatic cell contain?

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2 sets of chromosomes

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What is a somatic cell?

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a non-reproductive cells

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What are gametes?

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reproductive cells

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What is an example of a gamete?

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sperm and eggs

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How many chromosomes do gametes have?

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half as many chromosomes as a somatic cell (23)

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True/False: every eukaryotic species has a characteristic number of chromosomes in each cell nucleus.

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True

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Do diploid cells have an even or uneven amount of chromosomes?

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Even

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What happens in preparation for cell division?
DNA is replicated and the chromosomes condense
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What are sister chromatids?
joined copies of the original chromosomes
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Cell division: Each duplicated chromosome has _______.
two sister chromatids
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What is the centromere?
the narrow 'waist' of the duplicated chromosomes where the two chromatids are most closely attached.
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Where are the two chromatids most closely attached?
the centromere
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Cell division: what happens to the two sister chromatids of each duplicated chromosome?
they separate and move into two nuclei. they are now chromosomes
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What process makes a chromatid a chromosome?
When the two sister chromatids separate and move into two nuclei
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How many centromeres are there during cell divison?
one for each sister chromatid
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Briefly explain the process of cell division?
-one chromosome duplicates (including DNA replication) into two sister chromatids connected by their entire length (chromatid cohesion) -each chromatid contains a copy of the DNA molecule -the sister chromatids separate into two chromosomes and distribute them into two daughter cells
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Cell cycle: what phases does the cell cycle consist of?
mitotic (M) phase ( mitosis and cytokinesis) interphase (cell growth and copying of chromosomes for divison)
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Cell cycle: What phase makes up 90% of the cell cycle?
interphase
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Cell cycle: what are the 3 phases of interphase and describe them?
G1 phase "first gap" S phase "synthesis" G2 phase "second gap"
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Cell cycle: What phase are chromosomes duplicated in?
S phase
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Cell cycle: What phase do cells grow in?
All the phases: G1, S, and G2
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Cell cycle: What are the stages of mitosis?
1. prophase 2. prometaphase 3. metaphase 4. anaphase 5. telophase
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How many stages of mitosis are there?
5
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Cell cycle: How are the stages in mitosis distinguished?
-Changes in status of nuclear envelope - Degree of chromosomes condensation (Nucleoli) -Sister chromatid cohesion -Status of mitotic spindle -Position of centrosomes
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Cell cycle: What is the mitotic spindle?
made up of microtubules that control chromosome movement during mitosis
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Cell cycle: Where does the assembly of the mitotic spindle being in animal cells?
the centrosome, the microtubule- organizing center (MTOC)
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Cell cycle: When does the centrosome replicate?
during interphase
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Cell cycle: What happens to the centrosome in prophase and prometaphase?
they migrate to opposite ends of the cell
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Cell cycle: When does the centrosome migrate to opposite ends of the cell?
prophase and prometaphase
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Cell cycle: What is on each end of each centrosome?
and aster
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Cell cycle: What is an aster?
a radial array of short microtubules that extends from each centrosome
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Cell cycle: What does the spindle include?
centrosomes, spindle microtubules, and asters
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True/False: A cell can still divide if the centrosome is removed?
True
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Cell cycle: Where does a lot of error occur?
mitosis
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Plant cells do not have ____ or ____ and are still capable of cell divison.
centrioles and centrosomes
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What is thought to have evolved as an improvement to cell division?
centrioles
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Cell cycle: what happens during prometaphase?
the nuclear envelope breaks down and spindle microtubules begin to attach to the kinetochores of chromosomes and begin to move the chromosomes
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Cell cycle: What are kinetochores?
protein complexes associated with centromere
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Cell cycle: what are the protein complexes associated with centromere?
kinetochore
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Cell cycle: What happens to the chromosomes during metaphase?
the chromosomes are all lined up at the metaphase plate
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Cell cycle: What is the metaphase plate?
an imaginary plane midway between the spindles two poles
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Cell cycle: What happens during the beginning of anaphase?
the sister chromatids separate and move along the kinetochore microtubules toward opposite ends of the cell
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Cell cycle: What happens at the end of anaphase?
duplicate groups of chromosomes have arrived at opposite ends of the elongated cell
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Cell cycle: When does cytokinesis begin and what happens?
during anaphase or telophase, the spindle eventually disassembles
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Cell cycle: What happens during the cytokinesis of animal cells?
-The cleavage furrow forms near the old metaphase plate - a contractile ring of actin microfilaments associated with myosin motor proteins forms on the cytoplasmic side
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Cell cycle: What happens during cytokinesis in the plant cell?
-they don't have a cleavage furrow - vesicles derived from the Golgi move along microtubules to produce a cell plate int he middle of the cell, vesicles carry cell wall material - it continues to fuse with plasma membrane, new cell wall forms between daughter cells
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Cell cycle: is there a nuclear envelope in G2?
Yes it is fully in tact?
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Cell cycle: Is there a nuclear envelope in prophase?
Yes
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Cell cycle: Is there a nuclear envelope in prometaphase?
No only fragments

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