Chapter 4 Vocabulary Review

Organisms that are made of more than one cell.

• unicellular
• single-celled
• multicellular
• yeast

Single celled organisms

• multicellular
• unicellular

The process of making an exact copy of the DNA in its nucleus

• Mitosis
• Replication
• Lysosome
• Interphase

The first stage of the cell cycle in which the cell grows, makes a copy of its DNA and prepares to divide.

• mitosis
• interphase
• cytokinesis
• cell cycle

A group of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function.

• tissue
• organs
• organ system
• organism

Green structures that capture energy from sunlight, changing it to energy the cells can use to make food.

• chlorophyll
• chloroplast
• mitochondria
• lysosome

A group of organs working together to perform a major function.

• tissue
• organs
• organ system
• organism

The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo.

• mitosis
• cell cycle
• interphase
• cytokinesis

The second stage of the cell cycle in which the cell's nucleus divides into two new nuclei and one set of DNA is distributed into each daughter cell.

• cell cycle
• mitosis
• interphase
• cytokinesis

The third and final stage of the cell cycle in which the cytoplasm divides and the structures are then distributed into each daughter cell.

• cytokinesis
• mitosis
• cell cycle
• interpahse