Cell Cycle
Vocabulary
Phases of Mitosis
Cancer
Random
100
The first stage of Interphase
What is G1
100
DNA wrapped around histone proteins.
What is chromatin?
100
Phase when the nucleus begins to disappear.
What is prophase?
100
The cell must pass these to proceed through the cell cycle.
What are checkpoints?
100
Prokaryotic cell division.
What is binary fission?
200
Contains the stages G1, S, G2
What is Interphase?
200
One half of a duplicated chromosome.
What is a sister chromatid?
200
The phase in which the sister chromatids separate.
What is Anaphase?
200
Rapidly dividing cells that do not die.
What is cancer?
200
The division of the cytoplasm and formation to two daughter cells.
What is cytokinesis.
300
DNA is replicated
What is S stage?
300
The center of a chromosome
What is the centromere?
300
The phase in which the nucleus begins to reappear.
What is telophase?
300
Process of cell suicide
What is apoptosis?
300
The most condensed form of DNA
What is a chromosome?
400
The process of dividing the nucleus.
What is mitosis?
400
Attach to the centromere to pull sister chromatids apart.
What are spindle fibers?
400
The chromosomes line up on an imaginary line in this phase.
What is metaphase?
400
Things that cause mutations in the DNA that can lead to cancer.
What are mutagens or carcinogens?
400
Example of a carcinogen or mutagen
What are chemicals, UV Rays, tobacco smoke etc.
500
The stage nerve cells exit to after the cell cycle.
What is G0?
500
The imaginary line in which chromosomes organize.
What is the metaphase plate?
500
Common treatment for cancer.
What is chemotherapy?
500
My first name.
What is Travis?