Cell Cycle

Question 1

Why do cells divide

Answer 1

Reproduction of unicellular organisms
Growth of multicellular organisms
Renewal and repair of tissues

Question 2

What is the cell cycle

Answer 2

Interphase,
Mitosis
Cytokinesis

Question 3

Interphase

Answer 3

The phase in which cell growth and DNA replication occur
Is the longest phase

DNA is replicated to form two copies of each chromosome

Question 4

What is a copy of a chromosome

Answer 4

chromatid

Question 5

What is PMAT

Answer 5

Prophase 
Metaphase 
Anaphase 
Telophase
Mitosis produces identical body cells

Question 6

What happens in interphase

Answer 6

cell must more or less double in size
copy its genetic material
cell containing two identical copies of every chromosome (chromatids)

Question 7

What happens in prophase

Answer 7

chromosomes are packed into a more compact form

formation of the mitotic spindle (to move chromosomes)

Question 8

What happens in metaphase

Answer 8

chromosomes are lined up along a starting line

across the middle of the cell

Question 9

What happens in anaphase

Answer 9

chromatids are quickly drawn apart

Question 10

What happens in telophase

Answer 10

chromosomes uncoil into their extended working form, the spindle is dismantled and the daughter nuclei form

Question 11

Cytokinesis

Answer 11

Splits the cytoplasm into two identical cells