Vocabulary LT #2

Question 1

Centrosome

Answer 1

Only visible during mitosis, consists of the centrioles and spindle fibers

Question 2

Centriole

Answer 2

Small cylinder shaped organelle made of protein tubes that move spindle fibers during mitosis
*always in pairs
*always at right angles of eachother

Question 3

Spindle fiber

Answer 3

Protein fibers that move chromosomes into place during mitosis and meiosis

Question 4

Metaphase plate

Answer 4

A plane in the middle of the cell where chromosomes line up

Question 5

Cleavage Furrow

Answer 5

The pinching of the cell membrane toward the center until the cell is completely divided into 2 daughter cells
* Only in animal cells

Question 6

Cell plate

Answer 6

Collection of proteins that form in the middle of a plant cell during cell division, result is 2 daughter cells
*Only in plant cells

Question 7

Daughter Cells

Answer 7

Two genetically identical cells

Question 8

Asexual Reproduction

Answer 8

Process by which offspring are produced from a single parent
Genetically identical -> mitosis