Unit 10.2

Question 1

What is the first stage of mitosis? What happens in it?

Answer 1

prophase - the chromosomes of the cell condense as the nucleas breaks down and the mitotic spindles begin to form

Question 2

What is the second stage of mitosis? What happens in it?

Answer 2

metaphase - the chromosomes align along the ‘equator’ of the cell and the spindles attach to them

Question 3

What is the third stage of mitosis? What happens in it?

Answer 3

anaphase - the spindles separate the chromosomes that were duplicated in synthesis

Question 4

What is the fourth stage of mitosis? What happens in it?

Answer 4

telophase - the spindles bring the chromosomes to opposite ends of the cell, where they condense and nuclei begin to form and the spindles break down

Question 5

What is the fifth stage of mitosis? What happens in it?

Answer 5

cytokinesis - the cell begins to separate into two separate sister cells as the nuclei are now fully developed and the spindles are fully broken down

Question 6

What does multipotent mean?

Answer 6

a stem cell that can differentiate into multiple different kinds of specialized cells, but not all

Question 7

What does pluripotent mean?

Answer 7

a steam cell that can differentiate into any kind of specialized cells in the body

Question 8

What does induced pluripotent mean?

Answer 8

cells that were ‘reprogrammed’ to be pluripotent

Question 9

Why are specialized cells different from each other?

Answer 9

different specialized cells express different sets of genes, which cause them to be different from each other

Question 10

How do the daughter cells compare to the parent cell in mitosis?

Answer 10

they are identical