What are the 4 stages of mitosis: Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase
100
The difference between "internal" and "external"
What is that internal is inside; external is outside
100
Cells that reproduce with BINARY FISSION are _____________ cells
What are PROKARYOTIC cells
100
The way our bodies are organized, from smallest to biggest
What is: cell, tissue, organ, organ systems
200
the stage of the cell cycle during which DNA is copied
What is synthesis
200
The stage when DNA PACKS itself into chromosomes
What is prophase
200
One physical condition that tells the cell to stop growing
What is the cell bumps into another cell
200
Some Eukaryotic cells also reproduce asexually, through a process known as this
What is mitosis (or mitotic reproduction)
200
The process of cells becoming specialized is known as _________
What is cell differentiation
300
Which three stages are completed in about 12 hours?
What are synthesis, Gap 2, and mitosis
300
Explain metaphase
What is The stage when chromosomes line up in the Middle of the cell
300
What word means "planned cell death"
What is "apoptosis"
300
The three types of Mitotic reproduction
What are budding, fragmentation, and vegetative reproduction
300
Why stem cells are important
What is because they can turn into anything, and thus have the potential to cure a large number of diseases and disabilities
400
Explain Gap 0
When a cell is "on hold" for a long time
400
Explain Anaphase
What is The stage during which spindle fibers pull Apart the chromosomes
400
Define cancer
What is out-of-control cell growth
400
Name two advantages of asexual reproduction
What are (any 2): No need to waste time/energy finding a mate. No genetic changes - so you remain adapted to your environment. Greater number of offspring (1 parent --> 2 offspring)
400
The three classifications (potencies) of stem cells
What are totipotent, pluripotent, and multipotent
500
Why cell size is important
What is because if a cell gets too big or too small, it will die
500
The end result of Mitosis
What is 2 daughter cells that are identical to each other and to the parent cell
500
This word means a "bad" tumor - whose cells can break away and grow in other parts of the body, spreading cancer
What is "malignant"
500
A disadvantage of asexual reproduction
What is that the organism can not evolve or adapt to a changing environment.