Mitosis Vocabulary Quiz

Process of cellular reproduction, occurring in three main stages - interphase (growth), mitosis (nuclear division), and cytokinesis (cytoplasm division)

• MITOSIS

• CELL CYCLE

• DNA

• CELL MULTIPLICATION

second main stage of the cell cycle during which the cell’s replicated DNA  divides and two genetically identical diploid daughter cells are produced

• PROPHASE

• MITOSIS

• MITOSIS

• CELL CYCLE

third main stage of the cell cycle, during which the cell’s cytoplasm divides, creating a new cell

• PROPHASE

• ANAPHASE

• TELOPHASE

• CYTOKINESIS

DNA-containing structure that carries genetic material from one generation to another

• CHROMOSOME

• CHROMATID

• CELLS

• MITOSIS

relaxed form of DNA in the nucleus of a cell

• A

• A

• A

• CHROMATIN

structure that contains identical DNA copies and is formed during DNA replication

• CANCER

• SISTER CHROMATID

• CYCLIN

• CHROMOSOME

cell structure that joins two sister chromatids

• CHROMATIN

• CENTROMERE

• CYCLIN

• CHROMOSOME

structure made of spindle fibers, centrioles, and aster fibers that is involved in moving and organizing chromosomes before the cell divides

• STEM CELL

• APOPTOSIS

• SPINDLE APPARATUS

• CELL CYCLE

one of the specific proteins that regulate the cell cycle

• CYCLIN

• CHROMATIN

• CHROMOSOME

• SISTER CHROMATID

uncontrolled growth and division of cells that be caused by changes in control of the cell cycle and also may be caused by environmental factors

• MITOSIS

• CELL CYCLE

• APOPTOSIS

• CANCER