DNA & Cell Replication

Question 1

Why is DNA replication important?

Answer 1

For growth, repair, and cellular reproduction.

Question 2

What are chromosomes?

Answer 2

The compressed form of DNA.

Question 3

What is chromatin?

Answer 3

condensed DNA.

Question 4

Mitosis phases acronym

Answer 4

IPMAT

Question 5

What happens in the interphase of mitosis?

Answer 5

DNA replicates.

Question 6

What happens in the prophase of mitosis?

Answer 6

Chromatin in the cell condenses into chromosomes.

Question 7

What happens in the metaphase of mitosis?

Answer 7

The chromosomes line up at the equatorial plane.

Question 8

What happens in the anaphase of mitosis?

Answer 8

Sister chromatids disjoin and move to opposite poles.

Question 9

What happens in the telophase of mitosis?

Answer 9

Chromosomes decondense and the cell divides in a process called cytokinesis.

Question 10

Explain the structure of chromosomes

Answer 10

• Two chromatids
• Held by a centromere

Question 11

What’s a sister chromatid?

Answer 11

A chromatid which is an identical copy of another chromatid on a chromosome.