mitosis

Question 1

what happens during prophase?

Answer 1

• DNA condense into chromosomes
• nuclear envelope breaks down/ disappears
• spindle fibers attach to chromosomes at centromeres

Question 2

what happens during metaphase?

Answer 2

• chromosomes align in middle of cell
• spindle fibers are attached to both sides of centromeres

Question 3

what happens in anaphase?

Answer 3

-sister chromatids separate(move to opposite sides)
- cell elongates

Question 4

what happens in telophase?

Answer 4

• nuclear envelope reforms around sets of chromosomes