Vocabulary
Process by which the cell cytoplasm divides.
What is Cytokinesis?
Meiosis occurs to produce _________.
What are Gametes?
A form of nuclear division that divides a diploid cell into haploid cells.
What is Meiosis?
Diploid
What is the number of chromosomes in daughter cells after mitosis, 2N
What are the differences in the results of the cells in Mitosis and Meiosis?
What is mitosis results in diploid cells, Meiosis results in haploid cells?
Two separate chromosomes; one from your mother, one from your father.
What are Homologous Chromosomes?
In Mitosis, both parent and daughter cells are _______.
What are Diploid Cells?
How many rounds of cell division does Meiosis involve?
What is 2?
- Prophase - Metaphase - Anaphase - Telophase
What are the four main phases of Mitosis?
What do Mitosis and Meiosis both produce?
What are cells
Region of condensed chromosome that looks pinched.
Centromere
One half of a duplicated chromosome is a __________.
What is a chromatid?
In humans, how many chromosomes does each new cell end up having when meiosis is complete?
What is 23?
How many genetically identical daughter cells does Mitosis produce?
2 daughter cells
What cell division process is involved in asexual reproduction, and which one is involved in sexual reproduction?
What are mitosis for asexual and meiosis for sexual
The duplicated chromosomes that remain attached (by the centromere).
What are Sister Chromatids?
In the ________ (Mitosis), a complete set of identical chromosomes is positioned at each pole of the cell.
What is telophase?
When are homologous chromosomes divided?
What is meiosis I?
How is Interphase connected to Mitosis?
What is it prepares the cell to divide and provides time for the duplication of organelles and for DNA replication.
In humans, how many chromosomes does each new cell end up having when mitosis is complete?
What are 23 pairs or 46 individual chromosomes?
The organelle that produces the microtubules that separate sister chromatids during mitosis or homologous pairs in meiosis
What are centrosomes?
Why are there two Meiosis divisions?
What is to ensure the correct number of chromosomes for reproduction?
Why is it important for chromosomes to be compact/untangled during Mitosis?
What is-not easily broken -the correct amounts of chromosomes end up in each new cell
Haploid
What is half or N