cell division Flashcards
What is the smallest unit of life
cell
What is the biggest organelle of a eukaryotic cell
A nucleus
What is found in the nucleus
DNA
What is DNA and what does it stand for?
DNA contains genetic matairal and it stands for dexoyribonuclec acid
what does DNA look like inside a nucleus
DNA looks like double stranded of ladder and jumble up like a ball of yarn
What is genetic material
Genetic material are genes or traits that can be passed on from parents to offspring
How does DNA grow and develop and reproduce
DNA reproduce through stages called interphase and mitosis
What happens during interphase
Interphase is when DNA develops and goes though repilcation
What does Replication mean?
Copy or dupilcate
What happens during replication
DNA repilcates itself and wrap upn tightly and neatly into chromatid
What is chromatid
A DNA that is neatly wrap up (TWO CHROMATIN/singular: chromatids)
What is a CHROMOSOME?
When DNA wraps around a protein, it is called a Chromosome
How many chromosomes do humans have
Humans have 46 Chromosomes
how many chromosomes does each parent pass on to their offspring
23 chromosomes from each parent
Each segment of DNA is known as a what?
Gene
What does a gene contain
Genetic traits
what happens during each phase
Prophase chromosomes appear
What happens during mitosis?
During mitosis Chromosomes go through 5 phases
What are 5 phases of mitosis
Prophase metaphase anaphase telophase cytokinesis
What happens during each phase 2
Metaphase
What happens during each phase 3
Anaphase
What happens during each phase 4
Telophase
What happens during each phase 5
Cytokinesis
How many chromosomes do human sex cells have?
23 chromosomes in each sex cells(egg or sperm)