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Cell Division Review
1. What molecule in cells stores the genetic information?
2. What are chromosomes, & when can they be seen?
3. What is a centromere?
4. Draw and label the parts of a chromosome.
5. Chromatids _______________________ during cell division so the two new cells will each will receive
_________________ chromatid.
6. How does DNA appear in a cell between cell divisions?
7. What is chromatin & when does it exist in cells?
8. Define mitosis.
9. What type of cell uses mitosis?
10. What is a somatic cell?
11. What is the cell cycle?
12. Name all parts of the cell cycle.
13. What is the time between divisions in the life of a cell called?
14. How many phases is interphase divided into? Cell division?
15. Name the 2 parts of cell division.
16. What happens to the cell in each of these two parts of cell division?
17. In what stage do cells spend most of their time?
18. What is the size of cells immediately following cell division?
19. Name the 1st stage of interphase & tell what happens to the cell.
20. What stage of interphase do cells enter once they become mature?
21. What happens to a cell during the S phase of interphase?
22. What is the last stage of interphase called & what is happening to the cell?
23. Name the 4 stages of mitosis in order.
25. What cellular part actually divides during mitosis?
26. Describe everything that happens to a cell during prophase.
27. Are centrioles found in both plant & animal cells? Explain.
28. What forms from centrioles & what is its function?
29. Describe everything that happens to a cell during metaphase.
30. Describe everything that happens to a cell during anaphase.
31. Describe everything that happens to a cell during telophase.
32. Mitosis is division of the _______________________, while ________________________
is the division of the cytoplasm.
33. How does the cell plate from during cytokinesis of a plant cell?