Cell Cycle & Mitosis

Front

What phase do cells spend most of their lives in?

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Interphase

Front

What letter represents cell division?

Back

D

Front

Why must cells of organisms replicate?

Back

For growth, replacement of dying cells, and repair of damaged cells.

Front

What is the correct order of the phases of mitosis?

Back

Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase.

Front

What are chromosomes?

Back

DNA packaged into threadlike structures.

Front

What is interphase?

Back

The phase of the cell cycle where the cell spends most of its time, preparing for division.

Front

What occurs during prophase?

Back

Chromatin condenses into visible chromosomes, and the nuclear envelope begins to break down.

Front

What happens during metaphase?

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Chromosomes align at the cell's equatorial plate.

Front

What is anaphase?

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The phase where sister chromatids are pulled apart to opposite poles of the cell.

Front

What occurs during telophase?

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Chromatids reach the poles, the nuclear envelope re-forms, and the cell prepares to divide.