Results of Mitosis

Question 1

What is the result of mitosis?

Answer 1

• Two identical cells

Question 2

What is the first stage of the process?

Answer 2

• If a cell is not dividing, the DNA is all spread out in long strings

Question 3

What is the second stage that happens to a cell?

Answer 3

• If the cell gets a signal to divide, it needs to duplicate its DNA so there’s one copy for each new cell

Question 4

Describe what then happens to the DNA (3)

Answer 4

• DNA copied and forms x-shaped chromsomes , with each ‘arm’ of the chromosomes being an exactly duplicate of the other

Question 5

What do the chromosomes in Mitosis then do?

Answer 5

• They line up at the centre of the cell and then cell fibres pull them apart
• The two arms of each chromosomes go opposite ends of the cell

Question 6

How do Membranes form in Mitosis?

Answer 6

• Membranes form around each of the sets of chromosomes

- These becomes the nuclei of the new cell

Question 7

What is the last process of Mitosis?

Answer 7

• Cytoplasm divides

Question 8

Sum up the process of Mitosis

Answer 8

• Two new diploid cells contain the exact same DNA, which are genetically identical