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Sexual reproduction requires how many parents

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Asexual reproduction involves how many parents

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What is the first stage of cell reproduction

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Mitosis

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What happens during mitosis

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The nucleus divides

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What type of organism undergoes mitosis

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Unicellular

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Is mitosis asexual

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Yes

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How many phases does mitosis have

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4

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What happens during meiosis

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The number of chromosomes divides

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What does the chromosome transport

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DNA

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What are chromosomes made up of

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DNA

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10
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Chromosomes are only visible when

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During cell division

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What is a chromatin made up of

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DNA

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What is a chromatin visible as

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Granular material

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Chromatid

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Chromosomes make a twin

Division causes chromatids to split

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What attaches a pair of chromatids

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Centromere

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Where are centrioles located

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Cytoplasm

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What is a spindle

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Fanlike microtubule that separates chromosomes

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Is binary fission an example of asexual reproduction

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Yes

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What happens during binary fission

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The cell doubles in size
Copies DNA
divides

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What is crossing over

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Where chromatids exchange

Makes new alleles

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What is the function of a cell plate

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Separates cell membrane from the cell wall

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What is the second stage of cell division

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Cytokinesis

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What organic compound is cyclin considered

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Protein

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What does cyclin do

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Regulates cell cycle

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When cells can’t control their growth rate what is this called

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CANCER

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Cancer doesn’t respond to signals that what

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Regulate growth

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What does cancer form

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Tumors that damage tissue

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What damages tissue

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Cancer

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What is a haploid

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1 set of chromosomes

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How many sets of chromosomes does a haploid have

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1

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How many sets of chromosomes does a diploid have

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2

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What has two sets of chromosomes

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Diploid

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How many chromatids does a tetrad have

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4

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Is budding a form of asexual reproduction

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Yes

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What happens during interphase

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Cells grow and develop

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What phase of mitosis do cells spend the most time in

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Interphase

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What stage of mitosis happens before division

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Interphase

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How many phases of interphase are there

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3

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What are the phases of interphase

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G1
S
G2

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During G1 does the cell increase or decrease

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Increases

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What happens during the S phase

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DNA is copied

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During the last phase of interphase what happens

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The cell prepares to divide

Leads to mitosis

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What are body cells also known as

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Somatic

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What is somatic

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Body cells

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What is the goal of mitosis

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Create more cells

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After the process of mitosis has occurred how many chromosomes are present

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The same number of chromosomes you started with

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What has a full set of chromosomes

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Diploid

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What are the four phases of mitosis

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Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase + cytokinesis

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How many stages of mitosis are there

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4

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What helps the cell to divide

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Centriole

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What disappears during prophase

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Nuclear membrane

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What does meta mean

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Middle

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What happens during metaphase

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Chromosomes meet in the middle of the cell/line up

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What attaches to the centromere that causes it to split

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Spindle fibers

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What causes the chromosome to split during metaphase

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Spindle fibers

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What happens to the cytoplasm during telophase

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Cytoplasm pinches/splits

56
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How many cells are created in telophase

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2

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What type of cells are created in telophase

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Identical cells

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What happens during cytokinesis

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Cytoplasm splits

59
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What regulates the cell cycle

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Cyclin

60
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What are some things that can effect the cell cycle or cause cancer

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2nd hand smoking

Harmful UV rays

61
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The cell cycle is what type of reaction

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Chemical reaction

62
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A cleavage furrow exists in what type of cell

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Animal cell

63
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Where does the cytoplasm split in an animal cell

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Cleavage furrow

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In a plant cell where does the cytoplasm divide

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Cell plate

65
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A cell plate only exists in what type of cell

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Plant cell

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What do chromatins do during prophase

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Condense into chromosomes

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