Key Terms
The process of producing offspring from only one parent.
What is Asexual Reproduction?
Cell division allows organisms to do these three things.
What are reproduction, growth, and repair?
The three stages through which a cell grows and divides.
What is the cell cycle?
The first phase of mitosis where chromosomes become visible.
What is prophase
Substances move from high concentration to low concentration through this process.
What is diffusion
The process of producing offspring through the fusion of two gametes.
What is sexual reproduction?
Bacteria reproduce using this process.
What is Cell division?
The longest stage of the cell cycle
What is interphase?
Chromosomes line up along the middle of the cell during this phase.
What is Metaphase
DNA condenses into these visible structures during mitosis.
What are chromosomes?
One of two genetically identical cells produced by cell division.
What is a daughter cell?
When you get a cut or blister, cell division helps with this.
What is repair/healing
During this stage, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) is copied.
What is interphase?
Sister chromatids separate during this phase.
What is anaphase?
These attach to chromosomes and move them during mitosis.
What are spindle fibres?
The structure that holds chromatids together.
What is a centromere
Cells divide instead of getting bigger because chemicals and water cannot move through large cells fast enough.
Why do cells divide as organisms grow
The two stages of cell division.
What are mitosis and cytokinesis?
New nuclear membranes form during this phase.
What is telophase
These attach to chromosomes and move them during mitosis.
What is Cell Membrane?
The movement of water across a membrane toward a more concentrated solution
What is osmosis?
These "half cells" combine during sexual reproduction.
What are gametes?
These monitor cell activities at checkpoints and send messages to the nucleus.
What are specialized protiens?
The acronym used to remember the four phases of mitosis.
What is PMAT?
In plant cells, this forms between daughter cells during cytokinesis.
What is a Cell Wall (formed from a cell plate)?