Cell Growth
The smaller this is the better
Surface area to volume ratio
When are chromosomes visible in the cell
The longest phase the cell spends a majority of its life in
Interphase
Telophase
What is checkpoint 2?
Checks to see if the cell is ready to split
A segment of DNA wrapped around a histone
The type of organism that reproduces through mitosis
Asexual organism
The phase when sister chromatids pull apart to opposite poles of the cell
Anaphase
The phase where chromosomes are checked if they are attached to spindle fibers
Metaphase
When the cell is too large and cannot be controlled by the genetic material
DNA overload
Two halves of a duplicated chromosome are called this
Sister chromatids
The three phases that make up interphase (in order)
G1, S, and G2
The longest phase of mitosis
Prophase
What phases do the checkpoints occur in the cell cycle?
G1, G2, and metaphase
most cells are smaller than this
a period
Centromere
The phase when cytoplasm division occurs
The structures that pull apart sister chromatids during anaphase
spindle fibers and centrioles
Checkpoint 1 checks if the cell is in a safe environment and what else?
if the cell is large enough
Two reasons why the cell divides
DNA overload
Surface area to volume ratio
The protein that makes up chromatin
Histone
What organism produces a cleavage furrow during cytokinesis?
Chromosomes align at the middle of the cell
Metaphase
The type of cell that occurs when checkpoints are ignored and the cell is uncontrollably dividing
cancer cell