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What do you call it when organisms reproduce by single cell division?
asexual reproduction
What is it called when two parents are involved in the reproduction of offspring?
sexual reproduction
What is a combination of DNA and protein molecules?
chromatin
What are visible chromatins?
chromosome
What do you call two identical joined copies in the chromosome?
sister chromatid
Where are sister chromosomes are joined?
centromere
The life of a cell, from birth to reproduction, is called?
cell cycle
What is the stage where the cell carries out its metabolic processes?
interphase
What is the stage where the cell divides?
mitotic phase
When do the nucleous and chromosomes divide and then distributed?
mitosis
What is the process where the cytoplasm divides?
cytokinesis
Football shaped framework that guide chromosomes movements are called?
spindle
The place where the spindles grow is called the?
centrosome
In what phase do chromosomes start to appear?
prophase
In what phase do chromosomes line up and attach to spindles?
metaphase
In what phase do the sister chromatids seperate, becoming daughter chromosomes?
anaphase
In what phase do the envelopes reform and spindles disappear?
telophase
What forms to separate different cells when plant cells reproduce?
cell plate
What is an abnormal mass of normal cells?
benign tumor
What is a mass of cancer cells?
malignant tumor
What disease is caused be the distruption of the mechanisms that control the cell cycle?
cancer
The spread of cancer cells beyond their original site is called?
metastasis
What is cell division that produces four cells called?
meiosis
What is a display of an individuals chromosomes called?
karyotype
What are chromosomes in a pair are called?
homologous chromosomes
What is the 23rd pair of chromosomes called?
sex chromosomes
What are cells that contain 46 chromosomes called?
diploid
What do you call egg and sperm cells that have a single set of chromosomes?
gametes
What arevcells that have a single set of chromosomes called?
haploid
What is a fertilized egg called?
zygote
What is the stage before Meiosis?
interphase
How many cells does Meiosis produce?
4
How many chromosomes are in the cells that Meiosis produce?
32
Where does meiosis occur?
in the sex organs
What are the stages of mitosis?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase and Cytokinesis
Do plant cells and animal cells undergo the same process of cytokinesis?
No
True or False? Errors occurring during Mitosis can lead to mutations
True