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LTA: Chapter 9 – Cellular Reproduction
Objectives (what you should be able to do after studying this chapter):
1. explain why cells are relatively small
2. summarize the primary stages of the cell cycle
3. describe the events of each stage of mitosis
4. explain the process of cytokinesis
5. summarize the roll of cyclin proteins in controlling the cell cycle
6. explain how cancer relates to the cell cycle
7. describe the role of apoptosis
8. summarize the two types of stem cells and their potential uses
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cell cycle
interphase
mitosis
cytokinesis
chromosome
chromatin
7. prophase
8. sister chromatid
9. centromere
10. spindle apparatus
11. metaphase
12. anaphase
13. telophase
14. cyclin
15. cancer
16. carcinogen
17. apoptosis
18. stem cell
Questions: Answer the following in complete sentences.
1. Relate cell size to cell function and explain why cell size is limited.
2. Summarize the primary stages of the cell cycle.
3. Describe what happens to DNA during the S stage of interphase.
4. Make a diagram of the stages of the cell cycle and describe what happens in each.
5 Describe the events of each stage of mitosis.
6. Diagram and label a chromosome in prophase.
7. Identify the phase of mitosis in which the cell spends the most time.
8. Contrast cytokinesis in a plant cell and an animal cell.
9. Describe how cyclins control the cell cycle.
10. Describe how the cancer cell cycle is different from a normal cell cycle.
11. Identify three carcinogens.
12. Explain the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. AND describe a possible
use for stem cells.
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