Cell Division

Question 1

what is the smallest unit of life

Answer 1

Cell

Question 2

what is the biggest organelle in a eukaryotic cell

Answer 2

Nucleus

Question 3

what is found in the nucleus

Answer 3

DNA

Question 4

What is DNA and what does it stand for

Answer 4

Deoxy ribo nucleic Acid

Question 5

what does DNA look like inside the nucleus

Answer 5

DNA looks like a double stranded ladder and is jumbled up into a ball like yarn

Question 6

What is genetic material

Answer 6

Genes and traits passed on from parent to offspring

Question 7

How does DNA grow, develop and reproduce

Answer 7

DNA reproduce through stages called Interphase and Mitosis

Question 8

What happend during interphase

Answer 8

DNA develops and goes through replication

Question 9

What does replication mean

Answer 9

copy or duplicate

Question 10

what happens during replication

Answer 10

DNA wraps itself up neatly and tightly into chromatid

Question 11

what is a chromatid

Answer 11

A DNA that is neatly wrapped up

Question 12

What is chromosomes

Answer 12

When DNA wraps around a protein

Question 13

How many Chromosomes do humans have

Answer 13

46 Chromosomes

Question 14

How many chromosomes does each parent pass on to the offspring

Answer 14

23 Chromosomes

Question 15

Each segment of DNA is known as a what

Answer 15

Gene

Question 16

What does a Gene contain

Answer 16

Genetic traits

Question 17

what happens in Mitosis

Answer 17

during mitosis chromosomes go through 5 phases