cell division

Question 1

why doe meiosis halves the number of chromosome in cells

Answer 1

to produce gametes

Question 2

explain interphase

Answer 2

where the cell is not diviiding

Question 3

explain mitosis

Answer 3

cell division where two identical daughter cells produced

Question 4

what is the function of the spindle

Answer 4

pull chromosomes to the poles of the cell

Question 5

name a group of disorders in which cells lose control of the rate of mitosis and cell division

Answer 5

cancer

Question 6

give two possible causes of cancer

Answer 6

carcinogens
oncogens

Question 7

describe two events that occur during prophase

Answer 7

nucleolus disappears
spindle forms

Question 8

describe one event that occurs during metaphase

Answer 8

spindles attach to chromosome

Question 9

describe how cell division occurs in an animal cell and in a plant cell

Answer 9

animal cell - cleavage furrow forms
plant cell - cell plate forms

Question 10

explain the term diploid

Answer 10

two sets of chromosomes

Question 11

outline one function of mitosis in humans

Answer 11

growth

Question 12

give one example of a human cell not produced by mitosis

Answer 12

sperm

Question 13

state two ways in which meiosis differs from mitosis

Answer 13

four cells are formed
variation

Question 14

explain the term cancer

Answer 14

a group of disorders due to uncontrolled rate of mitosis

Question 15

what term is used to describe the long stage of the cell cycle when cell division is not occurring

Answer 15

interphase

Question 16

name two types of biomolecule.e that are produced in the cell during this stage of the cell cycle

Answer 16

protein
fat

Question 17

name one organelle that is replicated in the interphase

Answer 17

mitochondria