Mitosis Vocabulary

Period of the cell cycle between cell divisions

• Mitosis

• Interphase

• Apoptosis

• Telophase

Structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division

• Centrioles

• Cytokinesis

• Tumor

• Centromere

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells

• Mitosis

• Cell Cycle

• Cell Division

• Cytokinesis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones

• Chromatin

• Centromere

• Centrioles

• Chromatid

Phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth

• Cancer

• Tumor

• Apoptosis

• Mitosis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Part of eukaryotic cell division during which the nucleus divides

• Cytokinesis

• Cell Cycle

• Apoptosis

• Mitosis

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

Division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells

• Mitosis

• Cytokinesis

• Cell Division

• Cell Cycle

Type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism

• Asexual Reproduction

• Sexual Reproduction

• Cell Division

• Cell Cycle

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Process of programmed cell death

• Cell Cycle

• Apoptosis

• Differentiation

• Cancer