Cell Growth Flashcards
surface area covers what?
the plasma membrane
what space is the volume?
the space taken up by the inner contents of the cell
longer distance means what for a cell?
insufficient diffusion
cells reproduce by a cycle of what?
growing and dividing
After the cell cycle what happens to the cell?
It becomes two cells
what are the three main phases of the cell cycle?
interphase, mitosis and cytokinesis
how many minor phases are in the interphase part of the cycle?
three (G1, Synthesis and G2)
what happens in G1?
the cell grows, functions and prepares to replicate
what happens during the synthesis phase?
the cell copies its DNA to prepare for cell division
what happens in the G2 phase?
the cell prepares for mitosis
what happens during mitosis?
the nuclues and nuclear material of the cell divides into opposite sides
what happens during cytokinesis?
the cytoplasm of the cell divides into two daughter cells
what are chromosomes?
inside the nuclueus and contain genetic material
what are chromatin?
a relaxed form of DNA in the cell’s nucleus
do eukaryotic cells divide via cell division or cell cycle?
cell cycle
