Most cells grow, perform the activities needed to survive, and divide to create new cells. This is known as?
Cell cycle
100
Cell division also ensures that new cells are available to replace the _________ within an organism whenever those cells die.
older cells
100
Before a cell can enter the active phases of mitosis, it must go through a period known as?
interphase
100
Centrosomes move to opposite sides of the cell during this phase.
Prophase
100
Following prometaphase, _________ begins.
metaphase
200
Cell division is important because this this is the point at which a cell passes its ________ to its offspring cells.
genetic information
200
_______ undergo a type of cell division known as binary fission.
Prokaryotic cells
200
During _______ the cell grows and produces the various proteins necessary for division.
interphase
200
After prophase is complete, the cell enters ____________.
prometaphase
200
After metaphase is complete, the cell enters ________.
anaphase
300
_________ cells may divide via either mitosis or meiosis.
Eukaryotic
300
What is the outcome of binary fission?
Two new cells that are identical to the original cell.
300
During the_________, the cell duplicates its chromosomes and ensures its systems are ready for cell division.
S phase
300
At the start of metaphase, the microtubules arrange the chromosomes in a line along the equator of the cell, known as the _____________.
metaphase plate
300
Once anaphase is complete, the cell enters the last stage of the division process called __________.
Telophase
400
In contrast to prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells may divide via either _____ or _______.
mitosis
meiosis
400
All eukaryotes — regardless of size or number of cells — can engage in ______.
Mitosis
400
During this phase, the chromosomes inside the cell's nucleus condense and form tight structures.
Prophase
400
During prometaphase, a protein structure called the ______ is associated with the centromere on each sister chromatid.
kinetochore
400
Who is the most amazing and handsome native English teacher in the school?
Michael (you better have gotten this one right)
500
Binary fission is the process that involves the replication of the cell's _______, segregation of the copied ______, and splitting of the parent cell's __________.
chromosomes
DNA
cytoplasm
500
What are the five active steps, or phases of Mitosis
Because each chromosome was duplicated during S phase, it now consists of two identical copies called _________ that are attached at a common center point called the ________.
sister chromatids
centromere
500
During metaphase the ________, on opposite poles of the cell, prepare to separate the sister chromatids.
centrosomes
500
During telophase, the newly separated ________ reach the _________ and a nuclear _________ forms around each set of chromosomes.