Mitosis

Question 1

What is mitosis?

Answer 1

Mitosis is when cells divide and specialise to make you grow

Cells continue to divide where the body needs to replace worn out cells or repair damaged tissue

‘my toes is’ - growing toe

Question 2

Why do we need Mitosis (Cell division) ?

Answer 2

We need Mitosis (Cell division) to grow and to replace worn out cells or damaged tissue

Question 3

What are the stages of mitosis?

Answer 3

Parent cells (people shaped on diagrams) replicate to form Sister chromatids (Butterfly shaped on diagrams)

The chromatids line up in the middle and the spindle fibres pull the chromatids apart

The singular cells sits into two and it creates two daughter cells that are identical copies of the original

Question 4

What are daughter cells?

Answer 4

Daughter cells are the end result of mitosis and are identical copies of the original cell

Question 5

What are spindle fibres?

Answer 5

Spindle fibres are fibres that pull the Sister Chromatids (Butterfly shaped in diagrams) apart before the cell splits into two

Question 6

What are Sister Chromatids?

Answer 6

Sister chromatids (Butterfly shaped on diagrams) are replicated chromosomes that are formed when the parent cells (People shaped) replicate