Question | Answer |
The stages of life for a cell | Cell Cycle |
Cells carry out life functions | Interphase |
Divides the cell's nucleus into two equal parts | Mitosis |
Separates two nuclei and cell contents into two daughter cells | Cytokinesis |
DNA makes an identical copy of itself | Replication |
Joins sister chromatids together | Centromere |
Half of a double stranded chromosome | Chromatid |
Chromosomes become visible; nuclear membrane disappears | Prophase |
Chromosomes line up along the equator | Metaphase |
Sister chromatids separate to the poles | Anaphase |
Nuclear membrane forms around two new nuclei | Telophase |
Attaches to centrioles and centromere; can contract | Spindle fibers |
Organize the spindle fibers during prophase | Centrioles |
Final stage of cell division | Cytokinesis |
Forms during cytokinesis in plant cells | Cell plate |
In animal cells, the cell membrane _________ together during cytokinesis | Pinches |
Uncontrolled cell division | Cancer |
Collection of undifferentiated cells | Tumour |
Spreading of cancer cells | Metastasis |
Identical genetic copy of a parent | Clone |
One parent required to produce an offspring | Asexual reproduction |
Single cell organism dividing into two equal parts | Binary fission |
Growth of tissue of of a parent; genetically identical | Budding |
Broken off part of an organism may develop into a clone of the parent | Fragmentation |
Runners, shoots, cuttings, grafting | Vegetative reproduction |
Reproductive cell that can grow into an organism | Spore formation |
Have potential to become different cell types | Stem cells |