Vocab #11

Question 1

Cell Division

Answer 1

process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells

Question 2

Cell Cycle

Answer 2

Series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

Question 3

Mitosis

Answer 3

Part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides

Question 4

chromatid

Answer 4

one or two identical “sister” parts of a duplicated chromosome

Question 5

centromere

Answer 5

area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached

Question 6

interphase

Answer 6

period of the cell cycle between cell divisions

Question 7

prophase

Answer 7

first and longest phase of mitosis, the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on opposite sides of the nucleus

Question 8

centriole

Answer 8

one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of an animal cell near the nuclear envelope

Question 9

metaphase

Answer 9

second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell

Question 10

anaphase

Answer 10

the third phase of mitosis during which the chromosome pairs separate and move toward opposite poles of the spindle

Question 11

cytokinesis

Answer 11

division of the cytoplasm during cell division

Question 12

cancer

Answer 12

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