FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CELL CYCLE

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FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CELL CYCLE

VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: cytokinesis

Answer:

final stage of the cell cycle, cytoplasm divides, distributing all the organelles into new cells

Question 2: sperm

Answer:

male sex cell

Question 3: cell cycle

Answer:

regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo

Question 4: replication

Answer:

when the cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus

Question 5: anaphase

Answer:

centromeres split

Question 6: interphase

Answer:

first stage of the cell cycle; cells grow to mature stage makes copy of DNA

Question 7: telophase

Answer:

chromosomes begin to stretch out and lose their rod-like appearance

Question 8: chromatin

Answer:

material in cells that contains DNA and carries genetic information

Question 9: mitosis

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stage when the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei

Question 10: centromere

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holds the chromatids together

Question 11: metaphase

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chromosomes line up across the center of the cell

Question 12: chromatid

Answer:

indentical rod or strand of chromosome

Question 13: egg

Answer:

femal sex cell

Question 14: spindle fiber

Answer:

form a bridge between the ends of the cell

Question 15: chromosome

Answer:

double rod of condensed chromatin

Question 16: prophase

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chromatin and nucleus condense to form chromosomes

Question 17: centriole

Answer:

holds spindle fibers

Question 18: meiosis

Answer:

process by which the number of chromosomes is reduced by half to form sex cells