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WorksheetsBiology Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Chromatin:
Unwound DNA (Noodles)
Condensed Chromosomes
Chromosome:
Made up of DNA found in the Nucleus
Made up of mitochondria found in chloroplast.
Centriole:
Makes Chromosomes
Makes spindle fibers
Chromatid:
Half of a chromosome
Whole Chromosomes
Spindle Fiber:
Envelope that surrounds the nucleus
String like fibers that pull chromatids
Diploid:
Contains two sets of chromosomes: 2n
Contains one copy of chromosomes: 1n
Haploid:
Contains two sets of chromosomes: 1n
Contains two sets of chromosomes: 2n
Mitosis:
Making body cells for growth or repair
Making gamete cells: sperm or egg
Meiosis:
Making body cells for growth or repair
Making gamete cells: sperm or egg
Somatic:
Cells that make up your body
Sperm or egg cells
Crossing Over:
The exchange of pieces of homologous chromosomes
The process of crossing the street
Interphase:
Resting Phase
Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
Prophase:
Chromatids begin to be pulled apart to ends of the cell
Chromosomes become visible
Metaphase:
Two new daughter cells are formed
Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
Anaphase:
Chromatids begin to be pulled apart to ends of the cell
Two new daughter cells are formed
Telophase:
Nuclear envelopes are formed and cells begin to pinch
Resting phase
Cytokinesis:
Two new daughter cells are formed
Chromosomes become visible
Zygote:
Fertilized Egg
Half of a chromosome
Cell Cycle:
The process of making your own food
The process of making new cells
Centromere:
Center of chromosome where spindle fibers attach
Half of a chromosome
Gamete
Sperm or Egg
Fragment of DNA
Gene
Segment of DNA
Process where DNA makes an identical copy of itself
Homologous Chromosomes:
Matching Chromosomes: one from egg and one from sperm: copies of the same genes
Different Chromosomes: Found in your body cells
Binary Fission:
Asexual Reproduction where 1 cell divides into 2 identical cells
Sexual reproduction: 2 parent cells divide into 4 different cells
