Cell Division & Inheritance

Question 1

Cell Division (before)

Answer 1

Used for growth, repair (mitosis) and reproduction (meiosis). Allows genetic information to be passed onto next generation

Question 2

What needs to happen before division?

Answer 2

DNA needs to undergo replication before division. DNA condensed divided into daughter cells. Everything in cell must divide.
* Prokaryotes divide by binary fission
* Eukaryotes divide either by:
○ Mitosis (body cells)
○ Meiosis (sex cells)

Question 3

Cell cycle phases (two)

Answer 3

Interphase and miotic phase

Question 4

Interphase

Answer 4

Gap phase 1 (Primary growth phase, Accumulating the building blocks of chromosomal DNA)

Synthesis (produce) phase (Replication of DNA)

Gap phase 2 (Organelles replicate, centrioles replicate; tubulin synthesis to form the spindle)