Cell Cycle Celebrities
Name the first phase of the cell cycle
What is Interphase?
This is the final stage of the cell cycle.
What is Cytokinesis?
Cancer is a disease characterized by this.
What is Uncontrolled cell growth/division?
The Cell Cycle is the cycle of cells ___________ and ______________.
What is growing and dividing?
In this phase, chromosomes align along the center of the cell.
What is Metaphase?
During cytokinesis, the division of the _____________ occurs.
(Hint: Think about inside the cell)
What is cytoplasm
Name the three checkpoints of cell cycle regulation.
What are G1, G2, and M?
The cell spends most of its life in this phase of the cell cycle.
What is Interphase?
During mitosis, spindle fibers attach to this part of the chromosome.
What is the centromere?
The product of Cytokinesis is two ______________ ______________ daughter cells.
What is Genetically Identical?
These are proteins that regulate the progression of the cell cycle by activating cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs).
What are Cyclins?
This is the process of cell division that occurs in eukaryotic cells.
What is Mitosis?
In this phase of mitosis, the nuclear membrane begins to dissolve.
What is Prophase?
In animal cells, a __________ __________ forms, pinching the cell membrane inward
What is a Cleavage Furrow?
This is the process of programmed cell death, known as a "self-destruct button".
What is Apoptosis?
During this specific phase, cells decide whether to stop growing or divide.
What is G1?
In this phase of mitosis, the nuclear membrane begins to form.
What is Telophase?
In plant cells, a _________ ________ forms between the two nuclei, gradually developing into cell membranes and cell walls.
What is a Cell Plate?
This type of stem cell is can become any type of cell.
What is an Embryonic stem cell?