Cell Cycle
The phases of the cell cycle in order
What are G1, S phase, G2, and Mitosis?
What is cell division?
The role of the metaphase in mitosis
What is chromosomes aligning in the middle of the cell?
The carrier of genetic information
What is DNA?
Explain why cells are differentiated or specialized
Each specialized cell only uses the portion of the DNA that is useful to its cell type
Programmed and controlled cell death that gets rid of useless and harmful cells
What is apoptosis?
The end goal of mitosis
What is creating two daughter cells with identical DNA?
Separation of sister chromatids towards the poles
What is anaphase?
Chromatin
What is a loosely bundled coil of DNA?
The cell cycle phase that means growth
What is G1?
The phases of mitosis in order
What are prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase?
One purpose of mitosis
What are cells growing and replacing worn-out cells?
Each side of the X shape of a chromosome
What is a chromatid?
The phase of the cell cycle that prepares the cell for mitosis
What is G2?
The phase in which chromosomes take their X shape
What is prophase?
Describe what anaphase looks like
The cell has expanded and the sister chromatids are separate
Transcription factors
What are proteins that turn genes "on" and "off" by marking specific areas of the DNA?
The phase of the cell cycle that controls DNA replication
What is S phase?
The phase when you can start to tell the cells are dividing and two new nuclei form around separated DNA
Describe what telophase looks like
The sister chromatids are separated to singular chromatids and the cell is clearly almost split in two
Two identical sections of the chromosome, created after DNA replication
What are sister chromatids?