Cell Division and the Cell Cycle

Question 1

Cell Cycle

Answer 1

Repeating series of events that a cell goes through during it’s life, including growth, DNA, synthesis, and cell division.

Question 2

Interphase

Answer 2

Stage of the eukaryotic cell cycle when the cell grows, synthesizes (copies) DNA, and prepares to divide.

Question 3

Binary Fission

Answer 3

Type of cell division that occurs in prokaryotic cells in which a parent cell divides into two identical daughter cells

Question 4

Cancer

Answer 4

Disease that occurs when the cell cycle is no longer regulated and cells divide out of control

Question 5

Cell Division

Answer 5

Process in which a parent cell divides to form two daughter cells

Question 6

Cytokinesis

Answer 6

Splitting of the cytoplasm to form daughter cells when a cell divides

Question 7

DNA replication

Answer 7

Process of copying DNA prior to cell division

Question 8

Mitosis

Answer 8

Process in which the nucleus of the cell divides

Question 9

Tumor

Answer 9

Abnormal mass of cells that may be cancerous

Question 10

Name the stages of the eukaryotic cell cycle.

Answer 10

G1 (growth), S (DNA synthesis), G2 (prepares to divide), M (mitosis and cytokinesis)