Mitosis
Vocab 1
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What is the fourth stage of mitosis called?
Telophase
100
What is the type of cell division used by bacteria to reproduce?
Binary Fission
100
What stage of Mitosis is this?
Prophase
100
Why do unicellular organisms perform mitosis
reproduction
100
Series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
cell cycle
200
What is the stage after mitosis called?
Cytokinesis
200
This holds the 2 chromatid arms together in a chromosome.
Centromere
200
What stage of Mitosis is this?
Metaphase
200
Why do multicellular organisms perform mitosis?
replace dying cells/ growth
200
Rod shaped structures made of DNA and proteins
Chromosome
300
What stage of the cell cycle do cells spend most of their time in?
Interphase
300
Family of molecules that positively control the
cell cycle
Cyclin
300
What stage of Mitosis is this?
Telophase
300
When a cell gets larger, what happens to its Surface Area/Volume ratio?
The ratio goes DOWN
More volume growth compared to surface area
300
One of two identical "arms" of a duplicated chromosome
Chromatid
400
What happens in the third stage of mitosis?
Anaphase - In this stage the sister chromatids separate into individual chromosomes and are pulled apart.
400
The area of the cell membrane
that pinches in to separate the
dividing cell into 2 new cells.
Cleavage Furrow
400
What stage of Mitosis is this?
Anaphase
400
What are the phases of mitosis in order?
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
400
Non dividing phase during which cells grow, copies DNA, and synthesizes proteins
Interphase
500
What is the division of the nucleus?
Mitosis/Karyokinesis
500
Spot near the nucleus that holds the centrioles and organizes the mitotic spindle
Centrosome
500
What stage of Mitosis is this? Hint: Same phase has been mentioned before 
Prophase (early)
500
What cell organelles that provide energy
for cell division?
Mitochondria
500
Cell organelle that aids in cell division in animal cells
centrioles