Name that Phase
The cell elongates
What is anaphase?
I am the part of a chromosome that attaches the sister chromatids
What is the centromere?
The stages by which a cell grows and divides is called the ________ ______________.
cell cycle
The phase after prophase
What is metaphase?
The number of cells formed after mitosis
What are 2?
Centriole pair replicates
What is interphase?
I am the structure that stores chromatin during interphase.
What is the nucleus?
During metaphase, chromosomes line up at the ______________ of the cell.
equator
The stage in the cell cycle where most of a cell's lifespan is spent
What is interphase?
The name of the cells produced after mitosis.
What are daughter cells?
The centriole pair fully migrates to opposite poles of the cell
What is metaphase?
I am the structure that pulls chromosomes apart during mitosis.
What are spindle fibers?
Mitosis is important for cell ______________ and _______________.
growth; repair
The part of the cell cycle that follows telophase
What is cytokinesis?
The process by which prokaryotic cells divide.
What is binary fission?
The nucleoli begin to disappear
What is prophase?
I am the structure that breaks down the nucleus during mitosis.
What are enzymes?
Chromosomes are made of condensed pieces of _________, which form a ___________________ structure.
DNA, double-helix
The subdivisions of interphase
G1, S phase, G2
The features present in animal and plant cells that help during cytokinesis
What is a cleavage furrow and cell plate?
The chromosomes begin to decondense
What is telophase?
What are proteins?
During interphase, the cell _____________, DNA ______________, and _________________ for mitosis.
grows, replicates, prepares
List the following in order from the beginning to the final stage of the cell cycle: metaphase, anaphase, cytokinesis, interphase, G1, S phase, telophase, G2, prophase
interphase, G1, S phase, G2, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
The type of cells that divide by mitosis
What are body cells or somatic cells?