mitosis

Question 1

what is mitosis?

Answer 1

the process by which new body cells are produced for:
growth
replacing damaged or old cells

Question 2

what happens when an original body cell undergoes mitosis?

Answer 2

it splits into two identical daughter cells,identical to the original body cell

Question 3

step 1

Answer 3

each chromosome is copied to make an exact duplicate

-double no of male and no of female

Question 4

after stem 1,what do the chromosomes do?

Answer 4

the chromosomes aline themselves down the centre of the buckeye

Question 5

step 2

Answer 5

spindle fibres attach to the chromosomes and the duplicate pairs are split apart,as they move to the opposite sides of the cell

Question 6

what happens after step 2?

Answer 6

the duplicated chromosomes are seperated

Question 7

what happens once the chromosomes have seperates themselves?

Answer 7

the nuclear membrane dissolves and two new nuclear membranes form around each of the two sets of chromosomes

Question 8

step 4

Answer 8

the cell separates into two identical daughter cells with exact copies of the chromosomes in each cell-genetically identical

Question 9

parent cell

chromosomes copied …

Answer 9

copies separating
chromosomes move apart
2 daughter cells

Question 10

start of mitosis process-

Answer 10

one cell 46 chromosomes

Question 11

end of mitosis process-

Answer 11

two cells 46 chromosomes each