NVCC BIO 101 Exam 3 Questions with
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cell division - ✔✔Process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
Genome - ✔✔All the genetic information in an organism; all of an organism's
chromosomes.
Chromosomes - ✔✔threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain
the genes
chromosome structure - ✔✔2 sister chromatids attached by a centromere;
identical DNA
Chromatin - ✔✔Clusters of DNA, RNA, and proteins in the nucleus of a cell
sister chromatids - ✔✔Identical copies of a chromosome; full sets of these are
created during the S subphase of interphase.
Centromere - ✔✔Area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached
cell cycle - ✔✔series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
Interphase - ✔✔Cell grows, performs its normal functions, and prepares for
division; consists of G1, S, and G2 phases
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, G1 phase - ✔✔The first gap, or growth phase, of the cell cycle, consisting of the
portion of interphase before DNA synthesis begins.
S phase of interphase - ✔✔chromosome replicate and DNA synthesizes
G2 phase of interphase - ✔✔Last phase of interphase in which cell organelles
are duplicated in preparation for cell division
mitotic phase - ✔✔The phase of the cell cycle that includes mitosis and
cytokinesis
Mitosis - ✔✔part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
Cytokinesis - ✔✔Division of the cytoplasm during cell division
mitotic spindle - ✔✔An assemblage of microtubules and associated proteins
that is involved in the movements of chromosomes during mitosis.
Centrosomes and Centrioles - ✔✔organelles responsible for forming and
anchoring the spindle fibers
kinetochore - ✔✔A specialized region on the centromere that links each sister
chromatid to the mitotic spindle.
Phases of Mitosis - ✔✔prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase,
telophase
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100% Correct Answers
cell division - ✔✔Process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
Genome - ✔✔All the genetic information in an organism; all of an organism's
chromosomes.
Chromosomes - ✔✔threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain
the genes
chromosome structure - ✔✔2 sister chromatids attached by a centromere;
identical DNA
Chromatin - ✔✔Clusters of DNA, RNA, and proteins in the nucleus of a cell
sister chromatids - ✔✔Identical copies of a chromosome; full sets of these are
created during the S subphase of interphase.
Centromere - ✔✔Area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached
cell cycle - ✔✔series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
Interphase - ✔✔Cell grows, performs its normal functions, and prepares for
division; consists of G1, S, and G2 phases
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, G1 phase - ✔✔The first gap, or growth phase, of the cell cycle, consisting of the
portion of interphase before DNA synthesis begins.
S phase of interphase - ✔✔chromosome replicate and DNA synthesizes
G2 phase of interphase - ✔✔Last phase of interphase in which cell organelles
are duplicated in preparation for cell division
mitotic phase - ✔✔The phase of the cell cycle that includes mitosis and
cytokinesis
Mitosis - ✔✔part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides
Cytokinesis - ✔✔Division of the cytoplasm during cell division
mitotic spindle - ✔✔An assemblage of microtubules and associated proteins
that is involved in the movements of chromosomes during mitosis.
Centrosomes and Centrioles - ✔✔organelles responsible for forming and
anchoring the spindle fibers
kinetochore - ✔✔A specialized region on the centromere that links each sister
chromatid to the mitotic spindle.
Phases of Mitosis - ✔✔prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase,
telophase
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