Phases
The longest phase of the cell cycle where the cell grows and gets ready to divide.
What is Interphase?
The shape of chromosomes.
What is the letter X?
The result of mitosis. (number and main characteristic)
What are 2 identical cells?
What is a prokaryote?
The phase where we see chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.
What is metaphase?
The unwound DNA. A chromosome is made of two of these.
What is chromatid?
These are the type of cell mitosis occurs in.
What are somatic cells?
The powerhouse of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
This phase comes after metaphase.
What is anaphase?
The strings that move the chromosomes during mitosis.
What are spindle fibers?
The number of chromosomes humans have.
What is 46 chromosomes.
Not found in an animal cell. They give structure and shape to plant cells.
What is a cell wall?
This occurs during telophase and is the process of the two new cells actually splitting.
What is cytokinesis?
The "glue" that holds the two sister chromatid together.
What is a centromere?
This gets passed on from the parent cell to the daughter cells, and is another name for genetic material.
What is DNA?
The highway system of the cell.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
The phase where we see spindle fibers dissolve.
What is telophase?
The home of unwound chromatid.
What is the nucleus?
This dissolves and then reappears at the end of mitosis. Holds DNA.
What is the nucleus/nuclear envelope?
The organelle that conducts photosynthesis. They have a green color.
What are chloroplasts?