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Cell Division Jeopardy Cheat Sheet
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There are two main reasons why cells divide rather than continuing to
grow larger and larger. Name the two reasons.
The larger the cell becomes, the more demands the cell places on its
DNA.
If the cell grows too big, it will have trouble moving enough nutrients
and wastes across the membrane.
As a cell grows, what is the relationship between the volume and the
surface area?
The volume increases at a much greater rate than the surface area of
the cell.
2 Daughter Cells
What is the relationship between the mother cell and the 2 daughter
cells?
They are exactly alike.
What is mitosis?
What is cytokinesis?
Mitosis is the division of the nucleus.
Cytokinesis is the division of the cytoplasm.
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Interphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Prophase
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Metaphase
What name is given to one of two identical parts of a duplicated
chromosome?
How are these duplicates connected together?
Chromatids
Centromeres
What might happen to a cell that has undergone mitosis but not
cytokinesis?
The cell would have two nuclei.
What part of the cell organizes the building of the mitotic spindle?
Centrioles
What name is given to the framework to which the sister chromatids
become attached?
What is this framework composed of?
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Spindle
Microtubules
What is the purpose of the spindle?
The microtubules of the spindle “push” the chromatids to the center
of the cell during metaphase, and “pull” them apart during anaphase.
What is the cell cycle?
It is the life of a cell from the time it is first formed from a dividing
parent cell until its own division into two cells.
What events occur in the G1 phase?
The cell increases in size. The cell doubles the number of enzymes
and cytoplasmic organelles.
What occurs during the S phase of the cell cycle?
The DNA is replicated.
What occurs during the G2 phase of the cell cycle?
The cell assembles the special structures that it needs for cell division.
G1, S, and G2 are collectively known as?
Interphase
In this phase, the microtubules shorten, pulling apart the sister
chromatids.
Anaphase
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In this phase, the nuclear membrane disappears, the nucleolus
disappears, and the chromatids condense, shorten and thicken.
Prophase
In this phase, the cell cytoplasm is divided into two parts.
Telophase
This is a phase in which the cell is not dividing, but carrying out its
normal functions.
Interphase
In this phase, the chromatids are lined up at the center of the cell.
Metaphase
This is an indentation or “pinched in” area on the surface of an animal
cell; it will continue to pinch inward until two separate cells are
formed.
Cleavage Furrow
In plants, it is not possible for the cell to pinch inward because of the
rigid cell wall. A _______ is produced between two dividing plant cells
during telophase.
Cell Plate
What is the end result of mitosis in a unicellular organism?
Asexual Reproduction
What is the result of mitosis in a multicellular organism?
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Growth & Repair
This results when there is runaway, uncontrollable cell division because
the controls that keep cell division under control have failed to do their
job.
Cancer/Tumors