Unit 10 biology vocab/ test review

Question 1

process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells

Answer 1

Cell Division

Question 2

first stage of cell division, division if the nuclear, DNA, nuclear membrane

Answer 2

Mitosis

Question 3

second stage of cell division, division of the cytoplasm

Answer 3

cytokinesis

Question 4

two identical sister in chromosomes

Answer 4

Chromatids

Question 5

area chromosomes attach, located near the middle of the chromosome

Answer 5

centromere

Question 6

time between cell division

Answer 6

interphase

Question 7

series and events cells go through as they divide

Answer 7

cell cycle

Question 8

chromosomes become visible, takes the longest time, first stage of mitosis

Answer 8

prophase

Question 9

close to nuclear envelope separates and takes up opposite sides

Answer 9

centrioles

Question 10

fanlike microtubule structure that help separate chromosomes

Answer 10

spindle

Question 11

chromosomes line up across the center of the cell. Each chromosome is connected to a spindle fiber at the centromere, second stage of mitosis

Answer 11

metaphase

Question 12

chromatids split, sister chromatids split apart, third stage of mitosis

Answer 12

anaphase

Question 13

chromosomes gather at opposite ends of the cell and lose their distinct shape. Two new nuclear envelopes will form, fourth stage of mitosis

Answer 13

telophase

Question 14

regulate the cell cycle

Answer 14

cyclin

Question 15

disorder in which some of the body’s own cells lose the ability to control growth, rapidly grow

Answer 15

cancer

Question 16

length x width x 1

Answer 16

surface area

Question 17

length x width x height

Answer 17

volume

Question 18

ratio of surface area to volume

Answer 18

Surface area/ volume

Question 19

goal of cell cycle

Answer 19

end up with two daughter cells and genetically identical DNA

Question 20

What are the two stages of the cell cycle

Answer 20

interphase, cell division

Question 21

what stages are in interphase

Answer 21

Gap 1, synthesis, Gap 2

Question 22

what stages are in mitosis( in order)

Answer 22

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

Question 23

what is in the spindle apparatus

Answer 23

aster fibers, spindle fibers, centrioles

Question 24

Gap 1 definition

Answer 24

first growth phase

Question 25

synthesis definition

Answer 25

to make/cope chromosomes and DNA

Question 26

Gap 2

Answer 26

growth phase, chilling, prepare for cell division

Question 27

Chromatin definition

Answer 27

not condensed DNA