4-3: The Cell Cycle

_____________________ is the life cycle of the cell.

• cell cycle

• chromosome

• binary fission

• mitosis

______________ is a coiled structure of DNA and protein that forms in a cell's nucleus as it gets ready to divide into two new cells.

• Chromosome

• Binary fission

• Mitosis

• Cell Cycle

Prokaryotic cell division is called ________________.

• binary fission

• mitosis

• chromosome

Which type of cell has the simplest form of cell division?

• Prokaryotic cells

• Eukaryotic cells

Bacteria use _____________________ to make more copies of themselves.

• binary fission

• mitosis

Organisms have different numbers of chromosomes.

• True

• False

Humans (unless they have a health disorder) should always have _____________ chromosomes

• 46

• 8

• 40

• 35

Eukaryotic organisms have pairs of chromosomes called ____________________.

• chromosomes

• chromatids

• mitosis

• cell cycle

Chromatids are held together with a __________________.

• chromatid

• chromosome

• centromere

• cell cycle

Which is true of the first step in cell division for Eurkaryotic cells?

• chromatids form an X

• organelles and DNA is copied so that their are two sets

• the cell divides into two equal parts

• mitosis occurs