Cell Division Study Guide
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1. What are the three stages of Interphase? How does each stage contribute to the cell’s life cycle?
2. What is a chromosome and where are they found in eukaryotic cells?
3. What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
4. What part of DNA stores information needed to make a protein?
5. How many chromosomes are in a normal human body cell?
6. When is each strand of DNA in a cell copied?
7. Once DNA is copied, how are chromosomes structurally different?
8. Why is DNA replication needed for the cell cycle?
9. What are “sister chromatids” and where did they come from?
10. What are the two steps of cell division? What happens in each step?
11. What are the stages of mitosis? What is the main thing(s) that happens in each? Draw a sketch of each stage.
Stage of Mitosis
Main Event(s)
Sketch
12. What happens in cytokinesis, and how is it different from mitosis?
13 How is cytokinesis different in plant cells compared to animal cells?
14. After cell division has occurred, what are the new cells referred to as?
15. How do the two new cells compare to the original cell before it divided?
16. Most cells in a human body are in which stage of the cell cycle?
17. What is the purpose of cell division for single celled organisms?
18. In multicellular eukaryotic, what are the three main functions of cell division?
19. If all the cells in a complex organism contain the same DNA, how can its cells be different in from one another?
20. What are stem cells?
21. What is cell differentiation?
22. How are cancer cells different from normal cells?
23. How can some forms of cancer be genetic?
24. What are the three common treatments for cancer and how do they generally work?