Chapter 10 Vocab 10.1 And 10.2

Question 1

Cell division

Answer 1

Process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells

Question 2

Asexual reproductions

Answer 2

Are reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent

Question 3

Sexual reproduction

Answer 3

Process by which cells from two different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism

Question 4

Chromosome

Answer 4

Threadlike structure of DNA and protein that contains genetic information

Question 5

Chromatin

Answer 5

Substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consist of DNA tightly coiled around histones

Question 6

Cell cycle

Answer 6

Series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells

Question 7

Interphase

Answer 7

Period of cell cycle between cell division

Question 8

Mitosis

Answer 8

Part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cells nucleus divides

Question 9

Cytokinesis

Answer 9

Division of the cytoplasm during cell division

Question 10

Prophase

Answer 10

First and longest phase of mitosis in which the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the chromosomes become visible

Question 11

Centromere

Answer 11

Region of a chromosome were the two sister chromatids attach

Question 12

Chromatid

Answer 12

One of two identical sister parts of a duplicated chromosome

Question 13

Centriole

Answer 13

Structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division

Question 14

Metaphase

Answer 14

Phase of mitosis during which chromosomes line up across the center of the cell

Question 15

Anaphase

Answer 15

Phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell

Question 16

Telophase

Answer 16

Phase of mitosis during which chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin