Biology ch10: Cell Growth, Cell Division and Cancer
Vocabulary and Learning Targets
Learning Targets:
1. I can explain why being too big causes problems for cells.
2. I can compare sexual and asexual reproduction.
3. I can describe the role of chromosomes in cell division.
4.
I can describe the main events of the cell cycle.
5. I can describe the purpose of mitosis.
6. I can describe what happens in each of the 4 phases of mitosis.
7. I can explain what happens during cytokinesis in animal and plant cells.
8. I can describe how the cell cycle is regulated.
9. I can explain how cancer cells are different from other cells.
10. I can explain how cells become specialized for different functions.
11. I can describe what stem cells are.
12. I can discuss potential benefits and issues associated with stem cell research.
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by 12/13.
cell division
interphase
centromere
chromosome
asexual reproduction
sexual reproduction
cell plate
chromatin
daughter cell
parent cell
centriole
chromatid
mitosis
cell cycle
cytokinesis
prophase
anaphase
telophase
metaphase
apoptosis
cyclin
spindle
tumor
growth factor
cancer
stem cell
embryo
differentiation
totipotent
blastocyst
pluripotent
multipotent
cleavage furrow