Download Chapter 9: MITOSIS The Cellular Basis of Inheritance

Chapter 9: MITOSIS The Cellular Basis of Inheritance
Targets
1. All Cells Come from Preexisting Cells
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I can state the cell theory
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I know what Virchow said specifically
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I can contrast the two ways that organisms reproduce (sexual
reproduction vs. asexual reproduction)
2. The Cell Cycle Multiplies Cells
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I can describe the structure of chromatin (appearance and
composition)
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I can describe the structure of a chromosome
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I can describe the structure of sister chromatids
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I can name the stages of the cell cycle
3. Cells Divide During the Mitotic Stage
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I understand the difference between interphase and mitosis
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I can summarize the major events that occur in each phase of
mitosis
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I can describe cytokinesis
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I can explain how cytokinesis is different between animal and
plant cells
i. Animal:
ii. Plant:
4. Cancer Cells Grow and Divide Out of Control
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I can name similarities between benign and malignant tumors
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I can name differences between benign and malignant tumors
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I can describe what metastasis is
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I know which tumors can metastasize
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I can describe how benign tumors are removed
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I can describe two ways that remaining malignant tumor cells
can be removed
i. What they are
1.
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ii. HOW they work
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2.