10.1-10.3: Cell Division + Growth

Question 1

centromere

Answer 1

the part that holds two chromatin together in the middle

Question 2

DNA

Answer 2

a huge long code that controls everything in a cell

Question 3

What are the four types of bases that go into DNA?

Answer 3

Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine

Question 4

Which bases go together and can ONLY go together?

Answer 4

ADININE+THYMINE ONLY

CYTOSINE+GUANINE ONLY

Question 5

What is mitosis?

Answer 5

the process of a cell dividing into two daughter cells

Question 6

What are the five phases in the cell cycle (in order)?

Answer 6

Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase

Question 7

chromatin

Answer 7

an uncoiled piece of DNA

Question 8

chromosome

Answer 8

a coiled up piece of DNA

Question 9

nucleotides

Answer 9

building blocks of DNA; made up of a phosphate, sugar, and a base

Question 10

sister chromatids

Answer 10

the attached identical pairs of copied chromatins after interphase

Question 11

double helix

Answer 11

the twisted ladder shape that DNA is formed; the sides are made up of alternating phosphates and sugars and the rungs are made up of bases

Question 12

daughter cells

Answer 12

the two new cells that are created when one cell splits