Mitosis vocab

Question 1

Cell Cycle

Answer 1

when cells in an organism go through a cycle of growth, development, and division.

Question 2

Mitosis

Answer 2

the process by which a parent cell divides into two identical daughter cells

Question 3

Inteerphase

Answer 3

the stage of the cell cycle between periods of mitosis in which the cell grows

Question 4

Prophase

Answer 4

the first phase of mitosis during which chromosomes condense and the nuclear membrane starts to dissapear

Question 5

Metaphase

Answer 5

the second phase of mitosis during which chromomsomes line up along the center of the cell

Question 6

Anaphase

Answer 6

the third phase of mitosis during whicheach chromosomes is pulled apart by spindle fibers and the resulting daughter chromosomes are pulled to oppisite sides of the cell

Question 7

telophase

Answer 7

the fourth and final phase of mitosis during which a nuclear membrane forms around chromosomes on oppisite sides of the cell and the chromosomes become unwound DNA in a newly formed nucleus

Question 8

Cytokinesis

Answer 8

a stage of the cell cycle during which the cell membrane pinched in and the cytoplasm divides into two daughter cells after mitosis

Question 9

Centriole

Answer 9

an organelle found near the nucleus in animal cells that forms the spindle fibers that pull chromosomes apart during mitosis

Question 10

Chromosome

Answer 10

the part of the cell that carries genes

Question 11

DNA

Answer 11

the chemical found in cells that is the main component of chromosomes and carries genitic info

Question 12

Centrometer

Answer 12

a structure that holds the sister chromatids together

Question 13

Sister chromatid

Answer 13

2 identical chromatids that make up a duplicated chromosome

Question 14

Daughter cell

Answer 14

the result of a parent cell dividing