The Cell Cycle
Mitosis
Cancer
Latin Terms
Meiosis
200

This portion of the cell cycle in which cells divide into 2 daughter cells is called.

What is Mitosis?

200
The stage of mitosis in which chromosomes meet in the middle.

What is metaphase?

200
When cancer occurs it is due to this process becoming unregulated.

What is mitosis?

200

The term auto means. 

What is self?


200

Meiosis results in this many cells.

What is 4?


400

This final step of cell division involves the splitting of cytoplasm.

What is cytokinesis?

400

The abbreviation for the stages of mitosis is this. 

What is PMAT?

400

This type of cancer treatment involves the use of IV drugs to kill cancer cells, but can kill healthy cells in the process.

What is chemotherapy?

400

The prefix hemi means.

What is half?

400

The cells created by meiosis have this many chromosomes.

What is 23?

600

Cells spend the majority of their lifetime in this stage of the cell cycle.

What is interphase?


600

The end products of mitosis contain this number of chromosomes.

What is 46?

600

This term is used to describe a collection of cancer cells in a lump.

What is a tumor?

600

The term dia means.

What is across?

600
It is true that meiosis produces cells that are genetically identical to their parent cell.

What is false?

800

DNA replication occurs during this stage in the cell cycle.

What is the S phase?

800

Mitosis results in two daughter cells that have this genetic makeup in comparison to their parent cell. 

What is identical?

800

This type of cancer treatment uses high energy beams to kill cancer cells.

What is radiation?

800

The term mut means.

What is change?

800

Meiosis only occurs in these types of cells.

What are gametes/reproductive cells?

1000

What is a reason that cells must divide?

What growth and repair?

1000

The role of spindle fibres in mitosis is to do this?

What is to move chromosomes?
1000
This term describes cell self-destruction and can lead to cancer when the cell does not perform it.

What is apoptosis?

1000

The prefix para means?

What is near or close?

1000

This event occurs during prophase I and causes genetic variation.

What is crossing over?