cell cycle

Question 1

Gamete

Answer 1

male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote

Question 2

Binary fission

Answer 2

asexual reproduction by a separation of the body into two new bodies

Question 3

Gene

Answer 3

unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

Question 4

Chromosome

Answer 4

threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells

Question 5

Chromatid

Answer 5

each of the two threadlike strands into which a chromosome divides longitudinally during cell division

Question 6

Centromere

Answer 6

the region of a chromosome to which the microtubules of the spindle attach

Question 7

Homologous Chromosome

Answer 7

are two pieces of DNA within a diploid organism which carry the same genes

Question 8

Diploid

Answer 8

containing two complete sets of chromosomes

Question 9

Haploid

Answer 9

having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

Question 10

Zygote

Answer 10

diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes

Question 11

Karyotype

Answer 11

the number and visual appearance of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei of an organism or species.

Question 12

Cell Cycle

Answer 12

the series of events that take place in a cell that cause it to divide into two daughter cells.

Question 13

Interphase

Answer 13

longest part of the cell cycle

Question 14

Mitosis

Answer 14

type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes

Question 15

Cytokinesis

Answer 15

cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis

Question 16

Cancer

Answer 16

a disease where your cells over populate

Question 17

Meiosis

Answer 17

type of cell division of germ cells in sexually-reproducing organisms used to produce the gametes