Mitosis

Question 1

chromosomes

Answer 1

single piece of coiled up DNA

Question 1

nucleus

Answer 1

controls the activities of a cell and contains genetic information

Question 2

genes

Answer 2

short length of DNA, coding for characteristics and protein synthesis

Question 3

DNA

Answer 3

chemical making up genes

Question 4

interphase

Answer 4

organelles and DNA replicate, mitochondria not visible

Question 5

prophase

Answer 5

DNA becomes shorter and thicker, becoming pairs of chromatids

Question 6

metaphase

Answer 6

pairs of chromosomes line up at equator

Question 7

anaphase

Answer 7

centrioles send spindle fibres to equator, pulling chromosomes and their copies away from each other, to different poles

Question 8

mitosis

Answer 8

nucleus and nuclear membrane split

Question 9

mitosis (definition)

Answer 9

division of the nucleus, forming two genetically identical cells

Question 10

significance of mitosis

Answer 10

growth and repair of cells/ tissues

Question 11

telophase/ cytokinesis

Answer 11

cell membrane and cytoplasm split, leaving two genetically identical cells