Unit 5 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| DNA | Molecule contains information that determines the traits that a living thing inherits |
| Chromosomes | a threadlike structure |
| Cell Cycle | life cycle of a eukaryotic cell, parent cell divides into two new cells |
| Interphase | part of the cell cycle during which the cell is not dividing |
| Mitosis | part of the cell cycle during which the nucleus divides |
| Cytokinesis | the division of the parent cell's cytoplasm |
| Homologous Chromosome | carry the same genes |
| Meiosis | the type of cell division that produces haploid sex cells such as eggs or sperm cells |
| Asexual Reproduction | one organism produces one or more new organisms that are identical to itself |
| Sexual Reproduction | two parents each contribute a sex cell to the new organism |
| Fertilization | sperm cell and an egg join together |
| Ways Organisms Reproduce Asexually | Binary Fission Budding Spores Vegetative Reproduction |
| Phases of Mitosis | P rophase: chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell condense M etaphase : chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell A anaphase: chromatids separate T elophase: new nuclear membrane forms around each group of chromosomes |
| Phases of Meiosis | P rophase I: duplicated homologous chromosomes M etaphase I: chromosomes pairs up in the middle of the cell A naphase I: half of a homologous chromosome T elophase I / Cytokinesis: |
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