Question | Answer |
What is cytokinesis? | the division of cytoplasm |
What is mitosis? | the process of chromosome separation |
What is cell cycle? | the life stages of a cell |
What is homologous chromosomes? | pairs of similar chromosomes |
What is a chromosome? | container for DNA, the heredity material that controls cell activities |
At what stage of the eukaryotic cell cycle are organelles and chromosomes copied? | the first stage |
In plant cells, when does a cell plate form and then the cell splits in two? | during mitosis |
What do cells need to do in order to replace cells that have died? | produce new cells |
Which type of cells contain more DNA? | eukaryotic cells |
Where are the chromosomes located in a prokaryotic cell? | in a main ring of DNA |
What is the material that controls all cell activities called? | DNA |
What is the process by which bacteria cells divide into two parts? | binary fission |
How many pairs of homologous chromosomes does the human body have? | 23 pairs |
What makes copies of themselves right before mitosis occurs? | chromosomes |
What are pairs of chromosomes called? | homologous chromosomes |
What is binary fission? | the process of cell division in a bacterial cell |
What is mitosis? | the process of cells dividing into two new cells |
What is cell division? | It is the process by which cells reproduce themselves |
How do eukaryotic cells make more cells? | mitosis and cytokinesis |
How do prokaryotic cells make more cells? | binary fission |
What forms between two new cells during plant cell cytokinesis? | cell plates |
What stage does the chromatids separate and move to opposite sides of the cells? | phase 3 |
What stage does homologous chromosomes pair up along the equator? | phase 2 |
What stage are chromosomes copied? | interphase |
What are the four stages of cell division called? | mitosis |