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How many chromosomes are in the human body? - (answer)46 chromosomes; 23 pairs
When cells divide what do they produce? - (answer)Daughter cells
How do cells come from other cells? - (answer)cell division
In humans, somatic cells undergo cell division to produce what? - (answer)exact copies of the
original cells
What is chromatin? - (answer)a combination of DNA and protein molecules
What are chromosomes and how are the formed? - (answer)they are formed when chromatin
coils up when it is about to divide - contains cell's DNA
Before DNA divides it duplicates its chromosomes and forms identical copies that make what? -
(answer)sister chromatids
,When the cell divides what separates? - (answer)the sister chromatids separate
Does every set have a complete and identical set of chromosomes? - (answer)yes
What are the 2 phases in the cell cycle? - (answer)interphase and mitotic phase
In what phase of chromosomes duplicate? - (answer)Interphase
In what phase do the cells divide? - (answer)mitotic phase
What is mitosis? - (answer)the division of the nuclei of cells - equal distribution of chromosomes
into daughter nuclei
what happens in cytokinesis? - (answer)the cytoplasm divides into cells
list the stages of mitosis - (answer)Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
What happens during prophase? - (answer)chromosomes condense, mitotic spindle forms
(spindle apparatus composed of microtubles) that moves the chromosomes
, what happens during metaphase? - (answer)chromosomes move to the equator of the cell
what happens during anaphase? - (answer)sister chromatids separate and move to opposite poles
what happens during telophase? - (answer)the cell begins to divide - mitotic spindle breaks down
and cytokinesis occurs
what type of activities lower the chance of cancer? - (answer)not smoking, wearing sunscreen,
exercising
In which stage does duplication occur? - (answer)Interphase
How does cytokinesis occur in animals? - (answer)by cleavage, it pinches the cell apart
How does cytokinesis occur in plants? - (answer)the cell plate splits in two
when the cell cycle functions normally, mitotic cell divisions work in what ways? -
(answer)Growth, cell replacement and asexual reproduction