Cell Division – Cell Cycle and Mitosis
The Cell Cycle
The Cell Cycle – What is it?
Label the two main stages of the cell cycle:
Growth Stage (Interphase) and the Division
Stage (Mitosis and Cytokinesis)
Why is cell division important?
Mitosis – Making an Identical Cell
Mitosis – What is it? (Definition)
Using your textbook or the teacher’s lesson, refer
to the cells below at each phase of mitosis. Label
the four parts of the cell using the letter given.
A
Parts of the cell involved in mitosis
chromosomes
B
spindle fibres (microtubules)
C
centrioles
D
nuclear membrane
Acronym to remember the
stages of the cell cycle:
(cyto – cell)
(kinesis – movement)
CYTOKINESIS
ANAPHASE
(Ana – up, back)
TELOPHASE
(Telos – end)
(Meta – Middle)
METAPHASE
(Pro – Before)
PROPHASE
(Inter – between)
INTERPHASE
Phase
Diagram of Cell
What is Happening? (Notes)