5a Cell Cycle Flashcards
Quiz by Kabreena Attaway
High School
Biology (2017)
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- Q1Cells spend most of the cell cycle in which phase?interphase30sBIOL.5a
- Q2What happens during interphase?The cell grows and it replicates its DNA30sBIOL.5a
- Q3What happens to DNA before it is replicated?DNA separates between the nitrogen bases before it is replicated30sBIOL.5a
- Q4How does the number of chromosomes in a cell change before and after cell division?They do NOT change!The number of chromosomes in a cell is exactly the same before and after cell division.30sBIOL.5a
- Q5What is it mean that DNA replication is semi-conservative?Each double-stranded DNA has one new strand and one original strand30sBIOL.5a
- Q6What is the order of the stages of the cell cycle?1. Interphase 2. Mitosis 3. Cytokinesis30sBIOL.5a
- Q7What are the 4 phases of mitosis?(PMAT)Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase,Telophase30sBIOL.5a
- Q8What is the purpose of mitosis?To create two genetically identical daughter cells30sBIOL.5a
- Q9What happens during prophase?the chromosomes condense and the nucleus dissolves30sBIOL.5a
- Q10What happens during metaphase?the chromosomes line up along the middle30sBIOL.5a
- Q11What happens during anaphase?spindle fibers pull a set of chromosomes to opposite sides of the cell30sBIOL.5a
- Q12What happens during telophase?the nuclei reform around each set of chromosomes30sBIOL.5a
- Q13What process divides the parent cell into 2 daughter cells?Cytokinesis is the process of dividing the cell into 2 new cells30sBIOL.5a
- Q14What do we call the new cells that are created during cell division?They are called daughter cells (The original cell is the parent cell)30sBIOL.5a
- Q15What does the cell cycle allow multicellular organisms to do?The cell cycle allows organisms to grow and heal themselves30sBIOL.5a