Name That Phase
The Letter "C"
Prophase and Metaphase
Anaphase and Telophase
Terms to Know
100
90% of a cell's life is spent in this phase.
What is interphase?
100
The growth and division of a cell; consists of interphase, mitosis, and cytokinesis.
What is the cell cycle?
100
The first stage in mitosis.
What is prophase?
100
The fourth stage of mitosis.
What is telophase?
100
The process of cell division in which one cell divides creating two daughter cells with identical DNA.
What is mitosis?
200
In this stage, chromosomes first start to thicken and become visible.
What is prophase?
200
A threadlike structure that holds an organism's DNA.
What is a chromosome?
200
The second stage of mitosis.
What is metaphase?
200
The third stage of mitosis.
What is anaphase?
200
The formation of two daughter cells from a single parent cell.
What is cell division?
300
The phase where chromosomes align in the center of the cell.
What is metaphase?
300
The division of cytoplasm for the two new cells.
What is cytokinesis?
300
A webbing of fibers that guides the chromosomes to where they need to be.
What is the spindle?
300
This organelle, which is found around chromosomes inside the nucleus, reforms during telophase.
What is the nucleolus?
300
The double-helix shaped molecule which contains complete directions for cell division.
What is DNA?
400
The phase in which a complete set of chromosomes assemble at each pole of the cell.
What is anaphase?
400
The point on a chromosome where two sister chromatids attach.
What is the centromere?
400
In metaphase, this object disappears completely from around the former nucleus.
What is the nuclear envelope?
400
The name of the two copies of a single chromosome.
What are sister chromatids?
400
The number of chromosomes humans have.
What is 46?
500
The stage in which the nuclear envelope begins to reform.
What is telophase?
500
The uncontrolled growth of cells.
What is cancer?
500
These microtubule organizers align at the poles during metaphase.
What are centrosomes?
500
The ends of the cell, where chromosomes go at the end of telophase.
What are the poles?
500
One sister chromatid said this to the other.
Would you please stop copying me?
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