Cell Cycle/Mitosis 2021

How does your body get bigger as you grow?

• Your cell fill with water and get bigger.

• All of your cells keep getting larger.

• Your cells reproduce, creating new cells.

• Your cells merge/combine.

What is the first step of the cell cycle?

• Interphase

• Prophase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

When new cells are made during the cell cycle, how do they compare to the original?

• They are identical to the original, with the same number of chromosomes.

• They are much smaller.

• No new cells can ever be made.

A chromosome is the structure that holds the DNA in the cell nucleus.

• True

• False

In what phase do the chromosomes line up in the MIDDLE?

• Interphase

• Metaphase

• Anaphase

• Telophase