Chapter 009 Quiz Bank 2023 GRADED
Cell division correct answers Reproduction of cells
Cell cycle correct answers Life of a cell from the time it's first formed during division of a parent cell until
its own division into 2 daughter cells
Genome correct answers Complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic
material in that organism's chromosomes
Chromosomes correct answers Threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes
Chromatin correct answers Entire complex of DNA and proteins that are the building material for
chromosomes
Histone correct answers Protein molecule around which DNA is tightly coiled in chromatin
Somatic cells correct answers Cells in the body other than reproductive cells
Gametes correct answers Reproductive cells; have half of the chromosomes of the somatic cells
Sister chromatids correct answers Identical copies of a chromosome; full sets of these are created
during the S subphase of interphase
Cohesin correct answers Proteins that hold sister chromatids together
Sister chromatid cohesion correct answers Attachment in which sister chromatids are held together by
cohesin
Centromere correct answers Region made of repeating sequences in the chromosomal DNA, where the
chromatid is attached most closely to its sister chromatid
Mitosis correct answers Division of the genetic material in the nucleus
Cytokinesis correct answers Division of the cell's cytoplasm
Mitotic (M) phase correct answers Phase of cell division that includes mitosis and cytokinesis
Interphase correct answers Resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell, or between the
first and second divisions of meiosis
What does the interphase consist of? correct answers G1 phase
S phase
G2 phase