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Mitosis Assignment
Understanding the Cell Cycle
Read through pages 17-23 in your textbook and answer the following
questions.
1: Even though our life began as a single cell, by the time we are
adults, approximately how many cells are our body made up of?
2: Living things would not be able to grow or develop without?
3: Define mitosis.
4: Explain the step “replication” that occurs before mitosis can begin.
5: What is a centromere?
6: What is the end result of mitosis?
7: List the four steps in mitosis, explain briefly what happens in each
step with aid of diagrams..
Stage
Description
Diagram
8: At the end of mitosis, there is still only one cell, but it now has two
identical nuclei. The next event in a cell’s life is cell division. How
does the cell divide in:
a) animal cells?
b) plant cells?
9: The number of chromosomes in the nucleus of each cell is
identical to each other and to what else?
10: In your own words, what is interphase?
11. Draw a diagram of a typical cell cycle (figure 1.13).