Cell Cycle

Why do organisms use the cell cycle?

• to grow

• to make sugar

• to get energy

• to make unique cells

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What is the cell cycle?

• The gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
• The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
• The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
• The series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication of its DNA to produce two daughter cells.

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Which part of the Cell Cycle takes the longest?

• Interphase
• Mitosis
• Prophase
• Cytokinesis

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What happens in the first part of Interphase?

• Mitosis
• Cell Growth
• DNA Replication
• Anaphase

What does DNA Replication mean?

• DNA is made.
• DNA makes new cells. 
• DNA copies itself.
• DNA starts the cell cycle.

The cell spends most of its life in ________________.

• mitosis

• cytokinesis

• Interphase

• None of the above

In the G1 stage of the cell cycle, the cell

• Grows
• Matures
• Carries on normal activities
• All of the above

What are the three stages of interphase?

• Prophase, metaphase, telophase

• G1, S, and G2

• G2, S, and G3

• Prophase, G1, and S

What are the two main stages of the cell cycle?

• Prophase and Mitosis

• Mitosis and G1

• Interphase and Telophase

• Interphase and Mitosis

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What does the G in G1 stand for?

• Gestation

• Gum

• Growth

• Great

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