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Meitosis
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Biology
9th Grade
03/31/2016

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How many phases are?
Definition
There are 6.
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What are the 6 stages in order?
Definition
Interface, Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, and Cytokinesis.
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What two phases technically aren't in mitosis?
Definition
Interphase and cytokinesis are in the cell cycle but are not in the mitosis cycle.
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Where does mitosis occur?
Definition
They eukaryotic cells.
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True or False: metaphase is the third phase of mitosis.
Definition
True.
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True or False: mitosis and meiosis are the same thing.
Definition
False.
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What does mitosis produce?
Definition
Two daughter cells.
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What is the difference between meiosis and mitosis?
Definition
Meiosis has 2 rounds of genetic respiration and cellular division. While mitosis has 1 of each.
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What phase spends most of it's time working on the cell?
Definition
The interphase.
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True or False: mitosis occurs in sexual reproductive cells.
Definition
False, this would be meiosis.
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Which phase does the cell split?
Definition
The cell splits during cytokinesis.
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True or False: the nucleus disappears in metaphase.
Definition
True.
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What's the main purpose of mitosis?
Definition
Mitosis is used for growth and to replace worn out cells.
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During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up along the middle of the dividing cell?
Definition
In metaphase.
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True or False: mitosis is a somatic cell.
Definition
True.
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The spindle fibers are produced by____?
Definition
Microtubules.
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True or False: the two daughter cells are genetically identical.
Definition
True.
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What happens before mitosis?
Definition
The cell creates an identical set of genetic information.
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True or False: X and Y is a boy.
Definition
False X and X is a boy.
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True or False: there are 6 phases in mitosis.
Definition
false, there are 4 phases in mitosis but 6 phases in the cell cycle.
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What is the last phase of mitosis?
Definition
Telophase.
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True or False: every living thing undergoes mitosis.
Definition
True.
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When was mitosis discovered?
Definition
1882.
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Who discovered Mitosis?
Definition
A German zoologist named Otto Butschli.
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What is a diploid cell?
Definition
It is the beginning cell that divides into 4 haploid cells.
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