Show:
Mitosis
Meiosis
Vocabulary
More Vocab
Phases
100
The process that results in new cells with genetic material that is identical to the original cell
What is mitosis
100

The process of cell division by which the chromosome number is halved.

What is meiosis?

100
The end product of mitosis is the cell having two sets of chromosomes.
What is diploid?
100
the longest phase of the cell cycle
What is interphase?
100
the phase when the chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
What is metaphase?
200
The number of phases in mitosis.
What is four?
200

The number of cycles (PMAT) that meiosis goes through.

What is two?

200

The term for the cells made at the end of mitosis

What is daughter cells

200

The name for haploid reproductive cells

What are gametes?

200
the phase when chromosomes pull apart toward the poles
What is anaphase?
300

the phase in mitosis where chromosomes condense and the nuclear membrane disappears

what is prophase?

300
The process in meiosis that ensures more genetic variation
What is crossing over?
300
The part of the chromosome that the spindle fiber attaches to.
What is a centromere?
300
This occurs when chromosomes divide unevenly, creating cells with an incorrect number of chromosomes

What is nondisjunction?

300
the phase where chromosomes reach the poles and begin to uncoil
What is telophase?
400

Mitosis happens in these types of cells

What is your body cells?

400

The phase of meiosis where crossing over occurs?

What is prophase 1?

400
the name of reproductive cells
What are gametes?
400

the name of the phase where DNA is copied

What is Interphase?

400
the phase where the cytoplasm pinches off
What is cytokinesis?
500

The purpose of mitosis

What is the replacement of damaged cells, growth, and the reproduction of unicellular organisms?

500

This is the phase where homologous pairs line up down the center of the cell

What is metaphase 1?

500

the name of the two copies of chromosome that are joined together by a centromere

What are sister chromatids?

500

The cell that forms from the fusion of sperm and egg

What is a zygote?

500
the phase where chromosomes become visible
What is prophase?