Cell Cycle

Question 1

what is interphase

Answer 1

interphase is where the cell grows and replicates, it has 3 parts G1, S and G2. The cell is in interphase for 90% of its life

Question 2

What is mitosis

Answer 2

the process the cell goes thru to divide. 5 phases - prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase

Question 3

cytokinesis

Answer 3

the cell membrane pinches together to divide the cells cytoplasm and organelles into 2 cells, the cell fully divides into a sister cell

Question 4

interphase

Answer 4

DNA starts as chromatin. dna replication occurs

Question 5

centromere

Answer 5

stays in the middle of the sister chromatids and holds them together

Question 6

pro phase

Answer 6

centrioles appear and begin to move to opposite sides of the cell. produce spindle fibres , chromosomes coil up into x shaped chromosome , nucleus disappears

Question 7

metaphase

Answer 7

spindle fibers fully attached to the centromere, chromosomes line up across the middle of the cell to seperate

Question 8

anaphase

Answer 8

chromatids seperate at the centromere

Question 9

telophase

Answer 9

spindle fiber disappear, chromosomes appear as threads not rods, mitosis ends here

Question 10

cytokinesis

Answer 10

the cells cytoplasm and organelles divide into 2 cells, 2 nuclei are seperatef and 2 new daughter cells form