Stages of Mitosis
What is the first stage of Mitosis?
Interphase
What is one treatment for cancer?
Chemotherapy, Radiation, Surgery
How many chromosomes do we have?
46
True or False: Benign tumors are cancer.
False
What is the result of mitosis in a cell?
2 identical daughter cells
Name two stages of mitosis.
Metaphase, Interphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase
Lumpectomy and Mastectomy are forms of what type of treatment?
Surgery
What happens in interphase?
DNA is replicated.
Name two causes of cancer?
cigarettes, uv rays, pollution, age, genetics
What is Ms. Scarz's favorite animal?
Elephant
True or False: Daughter cells are clones of the original cell.
True
Poisonous drugs that kill rapidly dividing cells.
Chemotherapy
How many pairs of chromosomes do we have?
23
For a BONUS of ***600*** points you can tell us all 5 stages of mitosis + the extra one. (hint when the cytoplasm divides)
Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, and Cytokinesis
What's the first stage in Mitosis?
Interphase
In telophase the cell does what?
Starts to divide.
What is cancer?
Cells divide uncontrollably, abnormal cells are created.
DNA coils into chromosomes during which phase of mitosis.
Prophase
When does cytoplasm divide?
Cytokinesis
What appears in telophase?
2 nuclei
What happens in Metaphase?
The chromosomes line up in the middle
What is a malignant tumor?
Cells leave the original site through the lymphatic system
True or False: The two daughter cells are not exactly the same as the original cell.
False
In anaphase chromosomes are pulled to __________________ by spindle fibers.
the poles or opposite ends
What is the name of the finger like structures that attach to the chromosomes?
Spindle fibers