Study Guide
Chapter 11: The Cell Cycle and Mitosis
- What are three purposes of mitosis?
- What is binary fission?
- What are the three stages of the cell cycle?
- What is the longest stage of the cell cycle?
- In what phase of the cell cycle does the cell grow?
- In what phase of the cell cycle does the nucleus divide?
- In what phase of the cell cycle does do the chromosomes replicate?
- In what phase of the cell cycle does the cell divide?
- In what phase of the cell cycle are the chromosomes copied?
- In what phase of the cell cycle are the chromosomes “spaghetti-like”?
- What are the three steps of interphase?
- In which phase(s) of interphase do the chromosomes replicate?
- In which phase(s) of interphase does growth happen?
- Be able to label the parts of a chromosome during mitosis: centromere region, kinetochore, kinetochore spindle fibers, and sister chromatids.
- What are sister chromatids?
- What is the function of centriole pairs.
- What is the function of the spindle fibers?
- What two structures do the spindle fibers attach to?
- What are the phases of mitosis in order?
- Be able to identify the phases of mitosis from a picture.
- In which phase of cell cycle are the chromosomes relaxed (and are known as chromatin)?
- Which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes condense?
- Which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope begin to break down?
- Which phase of mitosis do the spindle fibers form at the centriole pairs?
- Which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope completely disappear?
- Which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes begin to move towards the center?
- Which phase of mitosis are the chromosomes at the center?
- What is the metaphase plate?
- Which phase of mitosis are the centriole pairs at 180˚?
- Which phase of mitosis do the spindle fibers attach to the kinetochore?
- Which phase of mitosis do the centromeres split?
- Which phase of mitosis do the sister chromatids begin to be pulled apart?
- What are daughter chromosomes?
- In which phases of mitosis is the constriction of spindle fibers happening?
- Which phase of mitosis does the nuclear envelope reappear?
- Which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes uncoil?
- Which phase of mitosis de the spindle fibers disappear?
- What is cytokinesis?
- What is the difference between a cleavage furrow and a cell plate?