Chapter 12 - Section 1

Question 1

What does most cell division result in?

Answer 1

Genetically identical daughter cells

Question 2

Genome

Answer 2

All the DNA in a cell

Question 3

DNA molecules in a cell are packaged into _______

Answer 3

Chromosomes

Question 4

Chromatin

Answer 4

A complex of DNA and protein that condenses during cell division

Question 5

Somatic cells

Answer 5

Two sets of chromosomes

Question 6

Gametes

Answer 6

Reproductive cells (germ cells)

Question 7

How is DNA prepared for cell division?

Answer 7

DNA is replicated and the chromosomes condense

Question 8

Each duplicated chromosome has two ______

Answer 8

Sister chromatids

Question 9

Centromere

Answer 9

The narrow “waist” of the duplicated chromosome, where the two chromatids are most closely attached.

Question 10

Where do the two sister chromatids move after separation

Answer 10

They move into two nuclei

Question 11

Mitosis

Answer 11

The division of the genetic material in the nucleus

Question 12

Cytokinesis

Answer 12

The division of the cytoplasm

Question 13

Meiosis

Answer 13

A variation of cell division that produces gametes