Cell Division and Cell Cycle Vocabulary

relaxed form of DNA; substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones

• chromatin

• chromosomes

• sister chromatids

• spindle apparatus

condensed, threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes passed from generation to generation

• chromatin

• chromosomes

• sister chromatids

• spindle apparatus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

structures that contain identical copies of DNA joined together by the centromere and eventually separated during cell division

• chromatin

• chromosomes

• sister chromatids

• spindle apparatus

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

a starlike structure coming out of the centrioles made up of spindle fibers, centrioles, and aster fibers; moves and organizes the chromosomes before cell division

• chromatin

• chromosomes

• sister chromatids

• spindle apparatus

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

a cycle of growing a dividing through a series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells

• cytokinesis

• interphase

• mitosis

• cell cycle

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

the stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's nucleus and nuclear material divide

• cytokinesis

• interphase

• mitosis

• cell cycle

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

the stage during which the cell grows, carries out cellular functions, and replicates, or makes copies of its DNA in preparation for the next stage of the cycle

• cytokinesis

• interphase

• mitosis

• cell cycle

division of the cytoplasm during cell division

• cytokinesis

• interphase

• mitosis

• cell cycle

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

the first stage of interphase in which a cell is growing, carrying out normal cell functions, and preparing to replicate DNA

• Gap 1 (G1)

• Synthesis (S)

• Gap 2 (G2)

• prophase

the second stage of interphase in which a cell copies its DNA in preparation for cell division

• Gap 1 (G1)

• Synthesis (S)

• Gap 2 (G2)

• prophase