Chapter 8 Sec.2 Vocab

Question 0

looks like beads on string

Answer 0

Chromatin

Question 1

structures where DNA becomes darkly colored when stained

Answer 1

Chromosomes

Question 2

sequence of growth & division of a cell

Answer 2

Cell cycle

Question 3

majority of a cell’s life is spent in the growth peirod

Answer 3

interphase

Question 4

a cell enters its period of nuclear division

Answer 4

mitosis

Question 5

the first & longest phase of mitosis

Answer 5

prophase

Question 6

two halves of the doubled structure

Answer 6

sister chromatids

Question 7

sister chromatids are held together by this structure

Answer 7

centromere

Question 8

small, dark cylindrical structures that are made of microtubles & located outside the nucleous

Answer 8

centrioles

Question 9

football-shaped, cagelike structure consisting of thin fibers made of microtubels

Answer 9

Spindle

Question 10

the short second phase of mitosis

Answer 10

metaphase

Question 11

the third phase of mitosis

Answer 11

anaphase

Question 12

the final phase of mitosis

Answer 12

Telophase

Question 13

following telophase, the cell’s cytoplasm divides into this process

Answer 13

cytokinesis

Question 14

cell growth & reproduction result in groups of cells that work together as

Answer 14

tissue

Question 15

they perform more complex roles within the organism

Answer 15

organs

Question 16

multiple organs that work together

Answer 16

organ system