Cell division vocabulary

A double rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information.

• cytokinesis

• chromosome

• mitosis

• interphase

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo.

• cell cycle

• cytoplasm

• mitosis

• interphase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

The final stage of the cell cycle, in which the cell's cytoplasm divides, distributing the organelles into two new cells.

• replication

• chromosome

• cytokinesis

• interphase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

The stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs.

• centromere

• interphase

• chromatin

• mitosis

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

• cell cycle

• mitosis

• chromosome

• chromatid

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

The process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus.

• mitosis

• cell cycle

• replication

• chromosome

The phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center (middle) of the cell.

• prophase

• metaphase

• anaphase

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

The longest stage of the cell cycle is

• interphase

• mitosis

• cytokinesis