The Cell Cycle – topics to know
Standards:
2.6: Summarize the characteristics of the cell cycle, the phases of mitosis, and plant and animal
cytokinesis.
2.7: Summarize how cell regulation controls and coordinates cell growth and division and allows cell to
respond to the environment, and recognize the consequences of uncontrolled cell division.
4.2: Summarize the relationship among DNA, genes, and chromosomes.
4.5 Summarize the characteristics of the phases of meiosis I and II.
Book resources:
5.1: The Cell cycle – all vocab within
5.2: Mitosis and Cytokinesis – all vocab except ‘histone’; all steps and vocabulary associated with steps
5.3: Regulation of cell cycle – apoptosis, cancer, benign, malignant, carcinogen (the following terms are
from the article: cyclin, cyclin dependent kinase, checkpoint)
5.5: Cell differentiation, stem cells
6.1: Chromosomes and Meiosis: all vocab
6.2: Process of Meiosis: sperm and egg only; all steps and vocabulary associated with steps
Themes to know
The purposes of mitosis and meiosis
Similarities and differences between mitosis and meiosis
Why cells divide instead of grow larger to make an organism
The connection between cancer and the cell cycle
The role of apoptosis in a healthy organism
The methods of creating reproductive cells
The consequences of errors during meiosis
The pros and cons of stem cell research
The methods used to introduce variation into gametes