Mitosis Vocab Review

What is the process of programmed cell death called?

• Mitosis

• Apoptosis

• Cytokinesis

• Replication

Which disorder involves some of the body's cells losing the ability to control growth?

• Apoptosis

• Interphase

• Cancer

• Gene

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What is the series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells called?

• Cell Cycle

• Chromatid

• Cytokinesis

• Replication

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What is the region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach?

• Chromosome

• Centromere

• Gene

• Interphase

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What is one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome called?

• Chromatid

• Gene

• Apoptosis

• Mitosis

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What is the threadlike structure of DNA and proteins that contains genetic information called?

• Chromatid

• Chromosome

• Centromere

• Cytokinesis

What is the division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells called?

• Mitosis

• Interphase

• Cytokinesis

• Replication

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What is a sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and determines a trait called?

• Gene

• Chromatid

• Apoptosis

• Cancer

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What is the period of the cell cycle between cell divisions called?

• Mitosis

• Interphase

• Cytokinesis

• Replication

What is the part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides?

• Apoptosis

• Mitosis

• Gene

• Chromosome

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