Section 10.2 – The Process of Cell Division
Name: __________________
THINK ABOUT IT…
1. What role does cell division play in your life?
2. Does cell division stop when you are finished growing? Why or why not?
CHROMOSOMES
3. What is the role/job of chromosomes during cell division?
4. What do chromosomes carry that is passed on to the next generation? _______________
True or False (if false correct!)
5. Every cell must copy its genetic information before cell division begins. _____
6. Each daughter cell does not get its own copy of that genetic information. ______
7. Cells of every organism have a specific number of chromosomes. _____
Prokaryotic Chromosomes
8. Where are DNA molecules found in a prokaryote? ____________________________
9. What is unique about a prokaryotic piece of DNA?
Eukaryotic Chromosomes
10. Where are eukaryotic chromosomes located and what are they made of?
11. List what chromatin is made of.
12. How are nucleosomes formed?
13. How do nucleosomes create chromosomes?
14. Write instructions on how to create a eukaryotic chromosome.
THE CELL CYCLE
15. What are the main events of the cell cycle?
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The Prokaryotic Cell Cycle
16. The prokaryotic ________________ is a regular pattern of growth, DNA _____________, and cell division.
17. When DNA replication is _____________, the cells divide through a process known as ________________.
18. Define the process of binary fission and name an organism that goes through this type of cell division.
19. Fill in the blanks below.
The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle
20. List the 4 phases of the eukaryotic cell cycle:
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21. Describe interphase and what it consists of.
22. What is the M phase?
23. Describe what happens during each phase below.
G1 phase –
S phase –
G2 phase –
M phase -
24. In eukaryotes, cell division occurs in two stages: ______________ and ________________.
MITOSIS
Describe below what is happening in each phase
Prophase:
Metaphase:
Anaphase:
Telophase:
25. List the important structures involved in Mitosis
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26. What happens during each phase?
Prophase
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Metaphase
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Anaphase
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Telophase
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CYTOKINESIS
27. How do daughter cells split apart after mitosis?
28. What is cytokinesis?
29. TRUE or FALSE: Cytokinesis is different in animals than plants. _____
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Cytokinesis in Animal Cells
Cytokinesis in Plant Cells
The Stages of the Cell Cycle (fill in the blanks)