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| What is the process of reproduction called when a severed piece of the adult becomes a new organism (planaria) | |
| Cells that first divide and don't have a specific job are called ____________ | |
| What kind of asexual reproduction is when the parent grows small organisms off parts of its body and then it is released? (hydra) | |
| A harmless tumor is called _______ | |
| What is the groove called in the middle of a parent cell in an animal cell where the cytoplasm splits to form two daughter cells? | |
| Chromosomes take the form of what during interphase? | |
| All cells come from one cell, a fertilized _____ | |
| Genes that can cause cancer when mutated are known as ....? | |
| During which phase do the chromosomes relax, nuclear membrane begins to form around chromosomes, and the cell begins to divide? | |
| What are pieces of microtubules that are part of the centrosome that help in the division of chromsomes? | |
| Cancer cells have the ability to _________ to other parts of the body | |
| The DNA of cells is stored in __________ | |
| During which phase does DNA replicate? | |
| Cancer cells _______the normal tissue cells which results in the failure of organs | |
| Which organelle makes the vesicles which secrete cell wall and cell membrane particles? | |
| When it is time to divide, chromatin condenses into what? | |
| Substances that can cause cancer are known as ___________ | |
| Cancer cells occur when a __________ occures in genes that control cell division | |
| A harmful tumor is called ________ | |
| _____ factors are chemicals that stimulate a cell and divide and undergo mitosis. | |
| What is the term for growing back lost cells? | |
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| During the last step of cell division, what divides to create the two new daughter cells? | |
| When cancer cells float through the blood stream and invade other tissue, it is known as....? | |
| What are the two phases of division? | |
| Mitosis only occurs in _________, such as plant and animal cells. | |
| A stem cell that is only 3-5 days old is called an __________cell | |
| Prokaryotes divide through a process called ____________________ | |
| _________ reproduction is the process in which a parent divides to produce offspring | |
| What is the longest phase in the cell cycle/life cycle of the cell? | |
| During what stage is there a dark nucleus? | |
| During which phase does the cell grow, prepare for mitosis, and make organelles? | |
| The changes a cell undergoes to become a specific type of cell is called ________________ | |
| The two main types of stem cells are called _________ and _________ | |
| During which phase does the cell grow and make organelles and cytoplasm? | |
| During which phase does the cleavage furrow or cell plate form? | |
| Cancer mostly occurs in people over __ years old. | |
| After replication, the chromosome with its copy is called a _______ ______ which is held together at the _____________ | |
| What is the name for a fertilized egg? | |
| A chromosome before it replicates is a pile of __________ | |
| During which phase are the sister chromatids pulled to opposite sides by the spindle fibers? | |
| What are the four steps of mitosis in order? | |
| The 3-5 day old cell is known as _____________ because it can give rise to all different types of cells | |
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| During what type of asexual reproduction does the cell divide in half and each daughter cell is identical? (bacteria) | |
| A cell 'knows' what type of cell to become because of its _____ | |
| When cell division is not controlled, it can create _____ | |
| The phase when a cell is not dividing is known as ________ | |
| _______ is a disease that is caused when a cell continually divides and grows at an uncontrolled rate. | |
| The protein in the centromere that attaches to the chromosome is called what? | |
| During what stage do the chromosomes move to the metaphase plate and attach to spindle fibers at the centromere? | |
| Stem cells can become a _____,______,or _____ cell | |
| The ras gene in rats that leads to cancer is an example of what type of gene? | |
| The three sections of interphase are ....? | |
| Chromatin condenses to aide in what of the DNA? | |
| What is it called when new plants grow from roots, stems, or leaves of parent plant (strawberries) | |
| Most of the cells in your body contain how many sets of chromosomes? | |
| In a plant cell, a __________ forms instead of a cleavage furrow. It is made up of cell wall and membrane materials. | |
| How does one cell make the trillions of cells that people consist of? | |
| What are the stages of the cell cycle in order? | |
| During what stage does the nuclear membrane begin to disappear, the chromosomes condense, and centrioles replicate? | |
| During the cell cycle, the cell ________and____________ | |
| During which phase does the nucleus divide? | |
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