Mitosis

Question 1

Stages of cell cycle

Answer 1

Interphase
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Cytokinesis

Question 2

What happens in interphase

Answer 2

DNA replicated, organelles copied and cell prepares for division

Question 3

What happens in prophase

Answer 3

Chrsmomes condense
Nuclear envelope breaks down
Centrioles move to poles
Spindle fibres form

Question 4

What happens during metaphase

Answer 4

Chromosomes line up along equator of cell and spindle fibres attach to centromeres (thing pinching chromatids together)

Question 5

What happens during anaphase

Answer 5

Sister chromarids are pulled apart to opposite poles of cell by spindle fibres

Question 6

What happens during telophase

Answer 6

Chromatids uncoil into chromatin
Nuclear envelopes reform around each set of chromosomes
Spindle fibres break down

Question 7

What happens in cytokinesis

Answer 7

Cytoplasm divides forming two separate daughter cells
Cleavage furrow formed where the cell membrane pinches and pulls apart

Question 8

Instead of cleavage furrow, what happens in a plant cell

Answer 8

Cell plate forms between the two cells