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