Mitosis

Question 1

What is the function of mitosis?

Answer 1

Produce identical cells whith the same amount of chromosomes

Question 2

What is the function to healing and tissue repair in cell division?

Answer 2

Replace dead cells

Question 3

What is the function of growth in cell division?

Answer 3

To increase the number of cells and not just their size because of the surface area to volume ration

Question 4

Why is reproduction important in cell division?

Answer 4

It’s the maintenance of life

Question 5

What happens to a cell during interphase?

Answer 5

Cell grows larger, duplicates chromosomes and prepares for mitosis

Question 6

What happens to a cell during prophase? What stage of mitosis is it?

Answer 6

First stage - nuclear membrane disappears, nucleolus disappears, centrioles divide and migrate to opposite ends of the cell

Question 7

What happens to a cell during metaphase? What stage of mitosis is it?

Answer 7

Second stage - chromosomes migrate to the equator of the cell

Question 8

What happens to a cell during anaphase? What stage of mitosis is it?

Answer 8

Third stage - chromosomes move to opposite poles of the cell

Question 9

What happens to a cell during telophase? What stage of mitosis is it?

Answer 9

Fourth stage - nuclear membrane reforms, nucleolus reforms, cells seal off (cytokinesis)

Question 10

What is cytokinesis?

Answer 10

Division of chromosomes. “pinch” in the middle

Question 11

What is meiosis?

Answer 11

A special cell division that creates sperm and eggs with half the usual amount of chromosomes