Stages
DNA vocab
Control
Sub-stages I
Sub-stages II
100
The 3 stages of the cell cycle, in order
What is interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis
100
What is DNA?
What is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic information of a living organism
100
One reason cells must divide in living organisms
What is they reach a maximum size or to replace dead or damaged cells?
100
The phase of mitosis in which the nuclear membrane breaks down
What is prophase
100
The phase of mitosis in which chromatin condenses into chromosomes
What is prophase
200
The overall purpose of interphase
What is growth, normal function, and replication of DNA
200
The loose form of DNA found in the nucleus during interphase
What is chromatin
200
The term for programmed cell death
What is apoptosis
200
The specific sub-step in which a cell replicates, or copies, its DNA
What is S phase
200
The phase of mitosis in which sister chromatids are pulled apart
What is anaphase
300
The overall purpose of cytokinesis
What is cytoplasmic division, producing two individual daughter cells
300
The tightly wound form of DNA found in the cell during mitosis
What is a chromosome
300
The term for uncontrolled cell growth that results from multiple mistakes, or mutations, in the DNA of a cell
What is cancer
300
The rest phase that cells enter when they stop dividing and leave the cell cycle
What is G0 phase (gap 0)
300
The phase of mitosis in which chromosomes align at the center of the cell
What is metaphase
400
The overall purpose of mitosis
What is nuclear division, producing two complete nuclei
400
Two identical pieces of DNA connected together in a duplicated chromosome
What is a chromatid
400
The purposes of the G1 checkpoint, G2 checkpoint, and metaphase checkpoint
What is to proofread the DNA before it is replicated, to make sure that DNA replication occurred correctly, and to make sure that all chromosomes are lined up in the center of the cell with spindle fibers attached to each one
400
The phase of mitosis in which the nuclear membranes re-form
What is telophase
400
The phase of mitosis in which chromosomes arrive at the opposite ends of the cell
What is telophase
500
The longest stage of the cell cycle
What is interphase
500
The structure that holds together the two pieces of a duplicated chromosome
What is a centromere
500
The role that cyclins and CDKs play in controlling the cell cycle
What is they bind together and act as signals that allow cells to move through the cell cycle
500
The phase of mitosis in which spindle fibers attach to each chromosome
What is metaphase
500
The role that centrioles and spindle fibers play in mitosis
What is to line up chromosomes, pull apart the sister chromatids, and move chromosomes to the opposite ends of the cell
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