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Cell Division Flashcards

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What do all cells develop from?

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Pre-existing cells

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What are the steps to form a new cell and how many are there?

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3 steps to form a new cell

  • Produce materials it will need
  • Grow larger
  • Reproduce to form a new cell
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3
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What are chromosomes?

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Structures in Nucleus, made of DNA and Protein

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4
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What do we call chromosomes when they are not dividing?

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Chromatin forms a number of clearly distinguishable chromosomes

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5
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How many chromosomes does each species have?

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Each species has a definite no. of Chromosomes, Humans = 46 chromosomes

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6
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How many genes does each chromosomes have?

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Each chromosomes has 1000s of genes

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7
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Draw and label a pair of homologous chromosomes.

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What is a Haploid?

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A Haploid cell has one set of chromosomes, i.e. has only one set of each type of chromosomes in the nucleus.

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9
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What is Haploid symbolised by?

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the letter n

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What is the number of chromosomes in the Haploid cell given as?

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n=23

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11
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What type of cell are humans eggs and sperm?

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haploid n=23

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12
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What is a diploid?

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A Diploid has two sets of chromosomes, i.e. It has two of each type of chromosome in the nucleus

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13
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How are chromosomes organised in a diploid cell?

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Chromosomes are in pairs in diploid cell, called homologous pairs.

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14
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How is a diploid symbolised as and what is the total no. of chromosomes in a diploid cell given as?

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Diploid is symbolised as 2n and total no. of chromosomes in cell is given as 2n = 46

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Where do the chromosomes come from in a diploid cell?

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In diploid cells, 1 chromosome from the homologous pair comes from the mother and the other comes from the father

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16
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What is the cell cycle?

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Describes the life of a cell. It includes the period between division when the cell is not dividing, called Interphase.

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17
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What is the period when a cell divides called?

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Mitosis

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18
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What is interphase?

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The period between division when the cell is not dividing

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19
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How long is interphase?

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Longest phase in cell cycle = 90% of a cells life is in interphase

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What are chromosomes called in interphase? What is one difference between them and chromosomes?

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chromatin

not elongated

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21
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What are cells like in interphase, what do they do?

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Cell very active in Interphase, produces new mitochondria, chloroplasts etc. and chemicals needed for growth

22
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What is mitosis?

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Mitosis is a form of nuclear division in which one nucleus divides to form two nuclei, each containing identicals sets of chromosomes.

23
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What are the two new cells called formed by mitosis? What is one feature of them?

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Two new cells called daughter cells and they are IDENTICAL to each other

24
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What are the functions of mitosis in Unicellular Organisms?

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Method of reproduction for Amoeba Reproduction that does not involve the joining of 2 cells is called asexual reproduction.

25
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What are the functions of mitosis in multicellular organisms?

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Produces new cells, not new individuals

Responsible for growth and renewal and repair of cells

26
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what is important the body does to the rate of cell division?

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Rate of cell division (mitosis) is carefully controlled

27
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What sometimes happens to a cell or group of cells in mitosis?

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Sometimes a cell or group of cells lose the ability to control the rate of cell division

28
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What happens when a cell or group of cells loves the ability to control the rate of cell division?

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They form a mass of cells called a tumour which can be benign or malignant

29
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What does benign mean?

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Benign means kind, they are not life threatening and do not invade other tissues. E.g. warts, skin tags. Cells stop dividing after some time.

30
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What is cancer?

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Cancer is a group of disorders in which certain cells lose their ability to control both the rate of mitosis and the number of times mitosis takes place.

31
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What are malignant tumours?

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Uncontrolled multiplication of abnormal cells
Malignant tumours (cancers) invade other cells and move around the body.
Movement of these cells called Metastasis.
Cancer cells divide indefinitely

32
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What is the movement of cells invaded by malignant cancers called?

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metastasis

33
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What are the causes of cancer?

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Caused when normal genes are altered to form cancer-causing genes called oncogenes.
Brought about by cancer causing agents called carcinogens e.g. cigarette smoke, asbestos fibres, ultraviolet radiation and some viruses

34
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How can most cancers be cured?

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Most cancers can be cured with radiation (burn out cancer), chemotheraphy (chemicals sllow down mitosis and surgery

35
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What is meiosis?

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Meiosis is a form of nuclear division in which the daughter nuclei contain half the chromosome number of the parent nucleus.

36
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How many chromosomes do human cells have?

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46

37
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Where does meiosis occur in humans and what does it do?

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Meiosis occurs in the ovaries and testes to produce gametes called eggs and sperm so there are 23 chromosomes in each egg and sperm.

38
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How many chromosomes are there in each egg and sperm?

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There are 23 chromosomes in each egg and sperm.

39
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How many functions of meisosis are in multicellular organisms?

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2

40
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What does meiosis allow?

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Allows sexual reproduction without increasing the number of chromosomes in the offspring. Allows new combinations of genes.

41
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What is the sentence to help you remember the 4 stages of mitosis?

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I Party Monday And Tuesday

interface is not really a stage of mitosis [I]

42
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Draw a diagram of prophase

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pg. 162 - 14.23

43
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How many stages of mitosis are there?

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4 in total

44
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What happens in the prophase stage?

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At end of Interphase, Chromosomes contract and become visible. Each chromosome appears as a duplicated strand. Fibres appear in cytoplasm. Nuclear membrane starts to break down.

45
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What happens at the end of Interphase?

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The prophase stage

46
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What happens in metaphase?

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Nuclear membrane broken down
Chromosomes thicken even more
Chromosomes line up across the centre of cell
Fibres attach to chromosomes
Each chromosome has 2 fibres attached, 1 from each side of the all.

47
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Draw a diagram of metaphase

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48
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What happens in anaphase?

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Fibres contract, chromosomes pulled apart
Each strand is pulled to opposite end of cell
Hence, identical set of genes pulled to each end of the cell.

49
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Draw a diagram of anaphase

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50
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What happens in telophase?

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Nuclear membrane forms around each of the 2 sets of chromosomes.
Chromosomes elongate within each nucleus
Mitosis is complete. Once complete, original cells divide to form 2 cells.

51
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Draw a diagram of telophase

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