cell cycle

Question 1

what happens to body cells in multicellular organisms?

Answer 1

they divide to produce new cells as part as a series of stages called the cell cycle

Question 2

what is the cell cycle called?

Answer 2

mitosis

Question 3

why does mitosis happen?

Answer 3

to grow or replace cells that have been damaged

Question 4

what does the end of the end of the cell cycle produce?

Answer 4

two identical cells to the original cell with the sae number of chromosomes.

Question 5

what is the first stage of the cell cycle?

Answer 5

before it divides the cell has to grow and increase the amount of subcellular structures such as mitochondria and ribosomes.

Question 6

what is the second stage?

Answer 6

it then duplicates its DNA (so there’s more then one copy for each new cell) the DNA is copied and forms X-shaped chromosomes. each arm of the chromosomes is an exact duplicate of the other.