McGraw Hill Biology Chapter 9

The process in which cells grow and divide is called the _______________.

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Division

• Cell Cycle

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____________ is the stage of the cell cycle in which the cell grows, carries out cellular functions, and replicates (makes copies of ) its DNA to prepare for the next stage of the cell cycle.

• M1

• G

• Interphase

• M2

___________ is the stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's nucleus and nuclear material divide.

• Mitosis

• G2

• Meiosis

• G1

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______________ is the process by which the cell's cytoplasm divides.

• Cytokinesis

• Telekinesis

• Mitosis

• Prophase

________________ are the structures that contain the genetic material that is passed from generation to generation of cells.

• Chromatin

• DNA

• Chromosomes

• RNA

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_____________ is the relaxed form of DNA inside of the cell's nucleus

• Chromosomes

• Nucleotides

• Amino Acids

• Chromatin

The first and longest stage of mitosis, in which chromatin condenses into chromosomes, is called _____________.

• Interphase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

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___________________ are structures that contain identical DNA (HINT: They are half of the "X" of chromosomes).

• sister chromatid

• chromatin

• centromere

• chromosome

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The structure at the center of the chromosome where the sister chromatids are attached is called the ________________.

• Chromatin

• Chromatid

• Chromosome

• Centromere

The second stage of mitosis, in which the chromosomes line up in the center of the cell, is called _____________.

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

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